Tottenham Hotspur boss Mauricio Pochettino feels that title contenders Tottenham Hotspur cannot be compared to La Liga outfit Atletico Madrid.
“It’s difficult to find another club doing the same or delivering the same work as us – the philosophy. Every single club is special and is different,” said Pochettino, whose Tottenham side are now in second place, only six points behind leaders Liverpool. “I was thinking about this the other day. Simeone is the best-paid manager in Spain. His salary is bigger than the Real Madrid manager, Barcelona manager, Sevilla manager and Valencia manager. The investment from Atlético in players is bigger than ours. It is just below, but really close to, Real Madrid’s and Barcelona’s budgets. They keep players like Antoine Griezmann and they signed Diego Costa. I think Atlético’s budget is maybe bigger than any club in the Premier League. It is maybe five times bigger than the budget we have. It is more like Real or Barcelona. It is nothing like Tottenham. Do you think Atlético de Madrid is comparable to Tottenham? Atlético are like City and Liverpool.”
Pochettino’s word hold certain truths and given the massive number of teams who compare to win the Premier League, it will certainly be a bigger achievement for Spurs to win the EPL than it was for Atletico to win La Liga back in 2013-14.
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