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It’s the end of an era — there is no longer a Pochettino at Tottenham Hotspur. More than a year after Spurs parted ways with Mauricio Pochettino, his son Maurizio has now left the club, heading to Championship side Watford on a permanent transfer. The fee was undisclosed.
We have reached agreement with @WatfordFC for the transfer of Maurizio Pochettino.
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) January 31, 2021
Everyone at the Club wishes Maurizio all the best for the future.#THFC ⚪️ #COYS pic.twitter.com/tsMPuyOPTM
Is anyone surprised by this? I’m certainly not. Part of me expected Pochettino the Younger to leave soon after his dad did, but he lasted more than a year longer. Maurizio didn’t look like he had much chance of cracking the first team at Spurs, though at only 19 I guess there was time for him to develop.
Tottenham obviously are fine with letting him go, and if he’s heading to a Championship club that means he’s probably got a pretty good future ahead of him, either at that level or maybe eventually as a Premier League footballer. We’ll see! At any rate, he’s a rare example in this window of a player leaving Spurs on a permanent deal.
Godspeed, Maurizio. Say hi to your dad for us.