Dylan Bettencourt
Isikhundla sokuba umphathi esivuleke ku-Manchester United sizoba nombango oshubile njengoba uMauricio Pochettino, owesilisa abaningi abakholwa ukuthi umfanela kangcono lo msebenzi, ethi “ujabule” eqenjini lakhe lamanje i-PSG.
UPochettino wase-Argentina uke wakuchaza phambilini ukuba ngumphathi we-Manchester United njengomsebenzi wamaphupho akhe futhi sekunesikhathi eside emataniswa nokuthi athathe izintambo e-Old Trafford. Ukuxoshwa kwakamuva kuka-Ole Gunnar Solskjær kumbuyisele phezulu ohlwini lomsebenzi.
Kodwa-ke, lowo owayengumphathi we-Southampton kanye ne-Tottenham Hotspur kungenzeka ukuthi useqedile ukucabanga ukuthi usekulungele ukushintshela kwi-Manchester.
“Inkontileka yami eyale sizini nenye isizini eyodwa elandelayo. Ngijabule kakhulu ku-PSG. Akuyona into engingacabanga ngayo. Ngijabule e-Paris,” kusho uPochettino esithangamini nabezindaba ngaphambi komdlalo we-PSG ne-Manchester City.
Abanye abaphathi abaningana abakade bacatshangwa ukuthi bathathe izintambo ku-Manchester United, phakathi kwabo kukhona umqeqeshi wamanje wase-Spain uLuis Enrique kanye nowayengumphathi we-Barcelona u-Ernesto Valverde nomphathi we-Ajax Amsterdam u-Erik ten Hag naye bekungenzeka akhethwe.
Kodwa-ke, uPochettino mhlawumbe ufaneleka kakhulu ukuqondisa umkhumbi ocwilayo we-Manchester United ukuba ubuyele enkazimulweni yawo yangaphambilini.
UPochettino uholele i-Tottenham Hotspur kowamanqamu wabo okuqala e-UEFA Champions League ngonyaka wezi-2019, kodwa wathwala kanzima ukuwina izindebe ezinkulu ngesikhathi ephethe.
“Ngigxile kwesikwenzayo ku-PSG. Ngiyalithanda iqembu futhi ngiyabathanda nabalandeli. Silwa ngokuhlukana ngamaphuzu ayi-11 kwiligi yokuqala futhi silwela ukungena kuma-Champions League. Yilokho engikubeke enhlizweni futhi umthwalo wami,” kusho uPochettino.
Njengoba iqembu lakhe i-PSG lilungiselela umdlalo omqoka ne-Manchester City kowe-UEFA Champions League, umdlali wasesiswini uMarco Verratti uthe ukuqagela akubathinti uma kuyiwa kulo mdlalo.
“Sesijwayele ukuzwa amahlebezi. Kumele sigxile kulokho okwenzekayo nasekudlaleni umdlalo omuhle kusasa,” kusho lo mdlali wase-Italy.
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