Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino says he hopes to emulate what Arsene Wenger did at Arsenal and stay at the club for 20 years but would like to ask the Frenchman whether it was worth it.
Wenger, who left the Gunners last year after a 22-year stay, but was heavily criticised for the latter part of his stay as he failed to regularly challenge for the Premier League and Champions League.
“I have massive, huge respect for Arsene Wenger because when you talk about 22 years in charge of a club like Arsenal and all that happened in that period, you need to be so good,” Pochettino, who never enjoyed a close relationship with the Frenchman, said.
“Not only a fantastic coach but a great human being to display the values have you It’s amazing. That is why it is a little bit sad the way it ended at his club. It shows how difficult it is this business a business it is a passion.
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“All that Arsene Wenger gave for Arsenal, to finish in the way it finished, yes, was a little bit unfair. And I think he deserves an amazing recognition about his work.
“Only I hope, if I have the opportunity to talk with him is to ask if, ‘Was it worth it to do?’, I don’t know what he would say, I would like to ask one day. I hope, or I wish to be here 20 years, and decide to leave or to finish my career here.
“But I don’t know because I need to ask him one day if I have the possibility if he is so happy in the way that he finished.
“What I saw from my point of view, it was so unfair how the people treated him and talked. But we’ll see.”
