MAURICIO POCHETTINO is refusing to point the finger at Daniel Levy.
After his worst run as Tottenham boss, Poch would be well within his rights to blame his chairman for signing no new players in the summer.
Then there is the delay in opening the club’s new £850million stadium, which has cast a shadow over their start to the season.
But Pochettino, who signed a new long-term deal at Spurs in the summer, says he will stay steadfastly loyal to Levy — even if the chairman sacks him next week!
The Argentine transformed Spurs from Europa League also-rans to Champions League regulars. But he is reeling after a hat-trick of 2-1 defeats by Watford, Liverpool and Inter Milan.
It is the first time Spurs have lost three games in a row since Poch replaced Tim Sherwood back in May 2014.
Yet the Tottenham chief said: “The only way we can stop this is winning games. And if we don’t win, everyone is going to criticise more than now.
“And you know what is going to happen when we don’t win games, the first person responsible is me.
“But I am so relaxed. In football something happens — I am going to give my best until the end.
“I am going to stick with the club, I am not going to criticise the club.
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“All the decisions are our decisions and, of course, we are always with the club until the end.
“Maybe we are still here in five years or maybe in one week we are not here. But always we will be talking well about the club and helping them to achieve all they want.”
Amid claims that Spurs’ 12 World Cup stars are complaining of being exhausted — which Poch denies — the under-fire boss has finally been given a boost by Dele Alli’s return to training following a hamstring injury.
The midfielder missed last Saturday’s Wembley defeat by Liverpool and Tuesday’s Champions League agony at Inter after injuring himself on England duty this month. But he could be back in action against Brighton at the Amex tomorrow.
Pochettino said yesterday: “We will have to see. Today was a recovery day for everyone and it is difficult to tell if he will be ready to play. We will never put our interests in front by taking risks with a player.
“That is impossible, we will never put a player at risk. We need to win and most important is to have players on the pitch at 100 per cent.
“Football is a sport where you always assume risk. But if you are conscious of taking a risk it’s impossible for us to take that decision.”
The Spurs boss, 46, looked to be spouting a load of bull as he talked of cows and trains in a headline-grabbing press conference ahead of Tuesday’s Inter clash.
And chucking away a 1-0 lead to lose 2-1 in the San Siro sparked reports players are exhausted. But Poch rubbished stories that some of stars want to be rested.
He said: “No. I understand that in football it’s normal to find a reason why when you lose.
“After four years, I know that the most important thing is that we are so flexible and we try to provide the best for each player to feel great, with a lot of energy and have very good performance on the pitch.
“Before the Inter game I was asked about it but no one complained that they were tired and wanted more days off.”
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