Mauricio Pochettino Talks Managing Messi, Neymar & Mbappé. Who Is The Best Player In The World Today

you know yeah ladies and gentlemen welcome back to this special episode of Viable Five and I'm shaking myself Joe Bell Stephen Allison Real Ferdinand and our great guest Mr. Mauricio Pochettino how are you? You're shaking because your Arsenal is listening, listening. He's a good manager anyway, he would have chosen him any day, any day, Rio, how are we going to start this? Please, when we heard the use on the road, obviously his career was an incredible management. To get to the few coaches who have coached Messi, Neymar and Buffet, what's that like? Yes please. I have seen this amazing experience for me.

It was crazy when the idea of ​​signing Messi arose when he left. Barcelona or it was a dream, no, and that Messi is added to the super essential men with the Vape madness because when you go straight to the locker room and you have a meeting, you have to prepare the meeting for these guys, okay, you say, be careful, you need to be Ryan every single thing you know or Guerra, the word you're going to use and um, yeah, but then they make your life easier because they're very humble, they're kind, they're very nice, they have a very personal approach, they're great.

They belong to football, but football belongs to them, but I think it's amazing the way they treat you and then you feel comfortable in front of them. I think the experience that I remember with them when we got to our interview in Paris is very natural, they are very natural and then they are the

best

, I am the

best

in the field, but they are also on the good side, it means that I did not interview with BT um in Paris and I had to talk to Maurizio and Killian. I heard that we were there and he came down just to say hello, yes, very respectful, yes, and it was like Superstars like these, you always have to have humility and be humble.

You have to prepare the team tool differently for these guys compared to everyone else. in the team, but it is true that it was difficult in Paris because everyone who is in the team believes that he is a bigger star, that is a big problem. I can't tell you one day, 16-year-old boy, Central Bank, can I? I can explain no, but because he is a lovely boy, a

player

with great potential and one day he came to my office, yes coach, I can talk to you, you say, yes, yes, yes, oh coach, I think I should behave differently because I need to feel like I am. also part of the group Yes, yes, of course, you must feel like you can't compete, you can be part of this, yes, but I need to behave like an adult because I'm sharing with Macy at the buffet and maybe me.

I need to change my way of saying no, no, no, no, okay, please remain humble, but yes, because this type of club like Paris and the president sometimes you have to be careful because the

player

s can get confused, but, for Of course, they feel that everyone feels. They are a big star because Paris is a club that makes you feel this way. Yes, I have a question when it comes to Mbappé. He is the youngest of the three. What is his attitude? Is he hungry when he is around them? Is he more humble or what is his attitude when he is around Messier Neymar?

That's very intriguing. No, David, it's fine, so, as a normal person, there are no people, the shock of what they talk about, what they talk about last night, what they were seeing on television in some games, is very natural. they see the competitiveness in him it's true no no no no no no in size you know they are not competitive in terms of private life one is the dynamics within the locker room uh they are they are animals because they want to win they need to compete they need to feel the adrenaline but I'm sorry inside when they are together they are so natural you know the best players I work with who are great at something in the game Beckham was great at parsonant and free throws.

I see him working tirelessly. Christian, isn't it Rooney? The other players are these guys like that. Do they consistently work outside of the training sessions you do to improve every day? Do you see that hunger and concentration that they love? they touch the wall, they will be in contact with the ball, all the exercise other than the ball in the middle is difficult for them because they need to be in contact with the ball, but yes, each one has different characteristics and a different profile, um. will start for Messi I see the message it's amazing how simple it is Sim in the Untouchable every wall that comes control the past it's never lose the ball never lose your position it's amazing you can you know try to say oh I made a mistake with everyone but you should playing with the

world

, it's incredible, it's incredible, Neymar is creative, he wants to do all the things that young people love, you know, that's on YouTube.

I'm always a different platform that's creative, no, it's magic, it's magic and then in Buffet it's very effective, the effectiveness of my pain should score 18 goals and when he runs it's hard to stop because he's like a horse, you know, like that Let's move fast here, this is the World Cup, I can't talk to you and not talk about it. At the World Cup, we watched the game together the other day, who was the most impressive team but also the most impressive player you have seen so far in this World Cup. Well, it's hard to say a team.

What impresses us? No, I'm sorry sometime. this pain was incredible again Costa Rica and then another ceremony, we see, we saw another Spain, but I think France, England last night I don't know, Portugal can be one of this team that can impress you at the moment, it is very competitive and never " Knowing that is always a question mark before the game and it is difficult to analyze it and say: "guess what is going to happen." They are not consistent in the performance. I think from now on, with more time together, we will settle here in Qatar. and I think I think we will start to see a better performance and see which team will be the candidate to win the World Cup.

Were you impressed that Argentina has been playing as well as you expected? Obviously it wasn't the game against Saudi Arabia. Impressed, I think. It was a surprise for everyone to see Saudi Arabia inside Argentina. I think it was an accident and after Argentina filled the pressure like Germany against Spain in the first half, I think Leo Messi opened the door and now Argentina is safe. is going to play tonight I think in a different way more relief more calm more confidence that is so important we are talking about the game that is uh confidence is everything and of course the attitude but confidence is very important and in this short period where you need to compete and give your best when this kind of accident happened like Saudi Arabia Argentina yes I know you are a big big fan Manchester fans don't start losing they start with a clean sheet I want to ask if you would have to pay the best player in the

world

for you at the moment only one, not only in the World Cup.

I'm talking about your Heartland, out of everyone who would you pick, uh, who's your best player right now. I think it's still complicated. I can talk about messages I think it sounds like there is favoritism because uh no but this is um I think we all agree in world food football I think Messi is the best and then he can be one of the best so I think I don't know I think that if we talk individually and give the value to a player, I think that 100 people will agree with me in choosing Messi, you train them, so no, yes, of course, but then there is the circumstance, you know that the circuses are completely different if we If we do, we will talk about the team performance, you can achieve something, you know, fight, that is different, how you are going to build the team, but if you only talk about individual players, it is normal for people to get angry with me Messi, yes, you are going to choose the first player. mess, you know, it's like when at some point at the train station the coach says, okay, two drinks times, okay, we're going to show you a 10 or 15 minute plane and the two drinks, I'm going to choose the one and of course If your message the first one confuses me if I need to take it up again in Paris when you say go to the players as first choice who is the first choice Messi Neymar who always gets sometimes we put Messi as captain and foreigner and you have, you have lived in England and you have You worked in England and you have seen the pressure with the media.

What would you say in terms of pressure compared to Argentina and what does Argentina face compared to what England? team facing now, do you think Argentina has much more

today

? Well, I think it's very complicated, yes, but it says attrition, the expectation in Argentina and last year it was increasing, yes, that was crazy and before starting the World Cup, I think everyone in Argentina and the funds I feel that that is a moment for Argentina it is the opportunity to win we have a fantastic team 35 36 games in a row that they won or not they did not lose a single game and that was it It was a fantastic, fantastic confidence and then Saudi Arabia and after what happened, no, but I think it was the pressure that came out of nowhere to say oh what happened and I think we can see we can see the behavior on the touchline, the coach and the assistant coach who were so underrated how Messi is scored and the second world how do they feel no, this is stress but in England the media exerts a lot of pressure I also think that similar similar maybe because we are Latin and maybe it's like we show more emotion sometimes it's like it means you don't have emotion, but sometimes the Argentine people are too much, you know how to talk and do things that show that this pressure can be greater, but England is similar, similar, similar, how is this world cup different?

Obviously the stadiums, the more than one game, how would you say it's different from any other World Cup? First of all, the organization is fantastic so far in my experience here. I think I should congratulate all the people who participated because the organization is incredible and then having the facilities in a city in an area maybe you move in an hour by car and you have an incredible stadium with a believing organization and then you can see two games , three games maybe and that was incredible. I think it's all like that. My experience here is fantastic.

At this moment, I can only say that I am very happy to leave this experience because I think the change that I suffered in the World Cup in Japan Korea in 2002 is important and we played three games, yes, we played one of them. one of him, yes, I think you remember it better, but I saw it now in Tokyo Sapporo, I don't know where to fly, different hotel, incorporate different facilities for training sessions and that was really difficult for the players, very difficult and now you are here in Doha. your hotel in your facility to train until you finish the uh, that's a really important point, you know, for people who watch the World Cup and see that big difference in Qatar, as you say, you can, you could have people go to four games in one day.

I never got to do that when it came in in 2002 where Mercho and I played with you it was split between Japan and South Korea and you had to like it you said that was a thing I forgot about that actually that and the people at home will say, do you know what it is? It's funny to pack your bags, but go to a hotel, unload all the bags, get home for that game and then immediately after the game, pack your bags and go somewhere else, fly somewhere or on the coach and on the World Cup to be stable and the environment to be calm and relaxed.

There is a huge difference in the change. Yes I know. As soon as we are here, we now have the possibility to meet with all of you. They know that we come here and share with all the countries that do not participate in the world cup and then the unity that you create the World Cup because you work in the city and you find funds from Saudi Arabia everywhere, do they all share from Argentina and that ease to get to know each other better is fantastic? You will be able to do something good for the future of the world. knowing and the ability to communicate all together to get to know each other and disagree was a great opportunity for your question.

I have a big question. I think we have to ask if Messi needs this world cup to be considered as good as Maradona and Argentina I don't think I don't think I think all people consider Messi on the same level I give them messages I don't believe them but of course you already know that the football is uh we talk about a lot of topics and then and then myth and if Messi will win the World Cup, of course, there is no doubt that someone you know, some people may not be able to question that no or Maradona when they do the World Cup I mean, but Messi won seven Ballon d'Ors, but I don't know of any, you know?

Is that the difference, but for me it is a discussion that is in the way that is impossible because I think you put Maradona, you put Pele, you put Messi, that's it, end of discussion, I think it's a good way After finishing the conversation, do I really appreciate your time? it's okay thank you thank you