United States males's nationwide staff coach Mauricio Pochettino has admitted he misses the Premier League and wish to return there sooner or later.
“The Premier League is the very best league on this planet,” he told the BBC in an interview printed on Thursday. “After all I'm lacking it. I'm so joyful in America but additionally pondering someday to return again to the Premier League. It's essentially the most aggressive league.”
The Argentinian managed Southampton, Tottenham and Chelsea earlier than he took up his function with the USMNT in 2024.
The US will co-host subsequent 12 months's World Cup with Canada and Mexico, and Pochettino, who additionally managed Paris St-Germain and Espanyol, admitted it has been a problem adjusting to life because the coach of a world staff.
“The depth is totally totally different as a result of it's essential arrive for a number of days to organize the sport and play, put together one other recreation, play, and return,” Pochettino mentioned.
“After November, we're going to have three months till March to organize one other recreation. In a nationwide staff you might be determined to teach the gamers. You are feeling empty as a result of after the second recreation you can't have communication and you can't preserve engaged on bettering issues.”
There will probably be important strain on Pochettino because the US host a males's World Cup for the primary time since 1994. However he believes the game – which he mentioned his bosses have instructed him to name “soccer” to keep away from confusion with American soccer – has a wholesome future within the US. He mentioned that's partly because of his compatriot, Lionel Messi, who joined MLS's Inter Miami in 2023.
“I feel gamers like Messi are serving to the children, not solely when the children need to play basketball or American soccer or baseball, they now need to play additionally soccer,” Pochettino mentioned.
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He added: “I feel after one 12 months [in charge of the USMNT] we're making nice progress. We're constructing [ideas] with those that the language of soccer is just one and it doesn't care if you're American, Brazilian or English. Our soccer is [to] compete in the best way that it's essential compete, if you wish to win.”
Pochettino additionally spoke of his frustration at lacking out on a title at Tottenham. “I feel we have been so shut in Tottenham … almost [winning the Champions League and Premier League]. That could be a factor that I might need to obtain,” he mentioned.
