Brave New World: Inside Pochettino's Spurs

Awesome book about managing soccer players as human beings and getting the most from the team.

This is a fantastic book, especially if you're a fan of soccer or of Tottenham Hotspur.

This is absolutely a great insight to a new era manager's philosophy. Must read for every Spurs fan and also those who want to learn modern way of football management.

Great book for insight into the day-to-day for Tottenham. Not sure if you would enjoy this book if you do not support Spurs.

Awesome insight into how pochettino is thinking and how he connects with his players. Was fun to read and even a bigger fan of him now!

An amazing read for a lover of football and a die-hard Spurs fan. So good to read about the way he thinks and his passion for people and the Beautiful Game.

He's magic you knowww!!

What an insight into the man as a manager and a human being. Made me respect and admire him even more. Makes me glad I am a spurs fan with him at the helm. The testimonials from Kane, Dele, etc about him are also wonderful. Anyone who is involved with soccer should read this bppk

Great read into the insight of Mauricio pochettino his philosophy and ability to man manage

A must read if you are a fan of Pochettino. I could already tell he was a wonderful person. Everything in this book confirmed it. This is a heartfelt read into his mind. As he shares about his life and experiences, you see the human side of Mauricio and how he is the way he is. I was particularly giddy when reading about how he works with all the Spurs players and it helped me understand more of what and how much goes into managing everything in the club.

If Bale made me fall in love with Spurs, Poch (alongside Harry, Dele and others) kept me at it. A beautiful book that reveals what makes him the man he is and his philosophy. Must read for every Tottenham Hotspur fan

Too long, too full of useless details, sometimes too boring. Its also full of interesting anecdotes, but reading it I realized he wrote too useless things (I woke up at 7.00, had breakfast 7.30, who cares?!).

Guillem Balague’s book, “Brave New World: inside Pochettino’s Spurs” is an excellent read and insight to Pochettino’s football revolution since joining Spurs from Southampton, but the main focus is on the final season at White Hart Lane (2016/17 season).

Interestingly enough this book is forwarded, not by a renowned player or mentor, but by his spouse, Karina Grippaldi. This alone tells you the closeness he has with his wife.

The book is intelligently written with great insights into Pochettino’s thinking and philosophy on life, coaching and Spurs. He talks about his relationship with Daniel Levy, after a hesitant start, which blossomed into a close working one.

Even though this book is about the clubs final season at WHL and insights into how he went about moulding a great young side, there are a lot of flashbacks to his earlier life, football in Spain, Southampton(why he came to England) job offers, etc.

I can understand why he has a close relationship with his chairman; as Levy stated, they can’t compete financially with the leading clubs of the world. Therefore, the club must rely on the youth coming through the ranks and bargain players. Pochettino prefers moulding youngsters into his way of thinking, which he wouldn’t be able to do with clubs like Real Madrid, Barcelona, United, Chelsea etc. Clubs like that want instant success and if not their manager’s time at the club will be short-lived.

Even though I highly recommend this book as a very good and intelligent read (unusual for a footballing book, as they are normally very shallow), this book did raise a few concerns for me, as a lifetime Spurs supporter and season ticket holder.

As Levy has stated, the clubs current financial situation can’t compete with top clubs, which leaves the only option - to win major honours - down to Pochettino’s weaving, clever buying and moulding of players/ team into something that can rise above the riches of other clubs’. As we have seen with Leicester City, and further back with Ipswich Town (under Alf Ramsey), Derby country (under Clough and later with Mackay), and Nottingham Forest (under Clough) the league title can be won from outside the elite few, but it is rare. If the players feel that they will just be the bridesmaid, never the bride they will quickly get disillusioned and walk towards greener pastures. Moreover, there will be plenty of clubs that will come knocking. Offering those players more money and the chance to win great honours. Yet, with the building of a new stadium and the rents that Spurs will take from property, that is owned from around the ground by the club, their finances will improve considerably; enough to compete with the best teams in the world. Granted, this will take time, as the club will have to deal with the debt accumulated from the building of the new stadium and surrounding area. Therefore, the question will become; will players and manager be prepared to wait for that eventuality? Another conundrum for Daniel Levy and the board; success, trophies and a top-four placing can only fill the 61,559 stadium (mediocrity and mid-table football does not fill large stadiums). To achieve fulfilment they must eventually compete with the richer clubs of the world. An Interesting challenge ahead for Daniel Levy and board.

Of course, this is my reading into this excellent book, but like all books, they can be interpreted in many ways.

What a legend of a man, absolutely fantastic insight to such a humble guy - even if you are not a spurs fan it’s a must read for all football fans

Solid background on Poch and the way the mentality and philosophy is built up and applied at Tottenham Hotspur. I really enjoyed this love of the game, the strategy mindset and the drive to win by treating everyone with respect, but treating players as individuals rather than commodities