{"id":293801,"date":"2023-10-20T23:25:10","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T23:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=293801"},"modified":"2023-10-20T23:25:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T23:25:10","slug":"mauricio-pochettino-knew-mikel-arteta-would-be-a-great-coach-in-2001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/mauricio-pochettino-knew-mikel-arteta-would-be-a-great-coach-in-2001\/","title":{"rendered":"Mauricio Pochettino knew Mikel Arteta would be a great coach in 2001"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Mauricio Pochettino knew Mikel Arteta would be a great coach after working together at PSG in 2001&#8230; but their bond will be put to be test as Arsenal travel to Chelsea<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mauricio Pochettino and Mikel Arteta formed a bond as PSG teammates in 2001<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>That friendship will be tested as Arteta&#8217;s Arsenal travel to Stamford Bridge<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mauricio Pochettino knew Mikel Arteta would be a great coach after seeing him call the shots at Paris Saint Germain when he was just a teenager.<\/p>\n<p>The duo, who became PSG teammates in 2001, will face each other as managers for the first time on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the 10-year age gap they quickly struck up a bond with Arteta describing how Pochettino treated him like a little brother and calling Chelsea&#8217;s head coach a role model.<\/p>\n<p>Pochettino, meanwhile, described Arteta as family and spoke of his love for the Arsenal boss.<\/p>\n<p>There is also no surprise from Pochettino at the manager Arteta has become because of what he saw in their early days together at PSG.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/20\/22\/76821559-12655445-image-a-41_1697837748017.jpg\" height=\"416\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea&#8217;s Mauricio Pochettino (centre) and Arsenal&#8217;s Mikel Arteta (left) were PSG teammates from 2001<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/20\/22\/76821599-12655445-image-a-42_1697837818119.jpg\" height=\"480\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Blues boss knew that Arteta would go on to be a good coach with his actions at just 17<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Pochettino said: &#8216;He was giving advice to me and to others. I was the captain!<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think he was 17 and wow&#8230; the character, the personality, the charisma.. Already he had the football brain. You either have it or you don&#8217;t. You cannot go to the supermarket and buy one.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I always used to say &#8216;Mikel is going to be a coach.&#8217; But not only is he going to be a coach, he&#8217;s going to be a great coach.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Pochettino, who was booked at Burnley and ticked off by his No 2 Jesus Perez for &#8216;acting like you want to destroy everything and shout&#8217; at Fulham can see something of himself in the animated Arteta who has come under fire for his touchline antics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Mikel, myself or other coaches that played football, in our minds we still believe that we can play football,&#8217; Pochettino said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Still we have the animal instinct that make us to arrive here.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The friends spoke before Arteta followed Pochettino into coaching with the Arsenal chief joking he was warned: &#8216;Don&#8217;t go into coaching. It&#8217;s too hard.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/20\/22\/76821597-12655445-image-a-43_1697837848664.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pochettino played down the idea he wanted ex-Arsenal captain Arteta in his staff at Spurs<\/p>\n<p>Though Pochettino played down the idea he wanted to make Arteta part of his Tottenham backroom team before he joined Pep Guardiola at Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p>Pochettino said: &#8216;Remember he was the captain of Arsenal and Arsenal and Tottenham the relationship is not so good!<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Maybe Pep was perfect because City, Arsenal are not enemies. But how do you bring the captain of Arsenal (to Spurs)? It&#8217;s a massive problem. We never thought like that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Never did we invite him to work with us at Tottenham. First of all he was never going to accept and secondly, for me, if he thought I was going to invite him then it was impossible.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12655445\/Mauricio-Pochettino-knew-Mikel-Arteta-great-coach-working-PSG-2001-bond-test-Arsenal-travel-Chelsea.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mauricio Pochettino knew Mikel Arteta would be a great coach after working together at PSG in 2001&#8230; 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