With 2019 rolling into September, it means that award season is slowly but surely approaching in the football calendar.
Mauricio has made the final shortlist for @FIFAcom’s #TheBest Men’s Coach award #THFC #COYS https://t.co/ah3fJwy899
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) September 2, 2019
And with The Best Awards taking place at the end of this month in Milan, nominations have been released by FIFA ahead of the show in three weeks time, and Mauricio Pochettino finds himself nominated for Men’s Coach of the Year alongside Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola.
After a season where Spurs made it to the Champions League final, plenty of Tottenham fans were delighted that their manager had got the recognition he deserves and took to social media to congratulate the Argentine manager.
Here is what some Spurs fans had to say about Pochettino’s nomination on Twitter…
And yet some people actually want him out lmao
— (@Alderweireldx) September 2, 2019
Great stuff
— Alex (@asthfc) September 2, 2019
Fabulous
— Tushr (@THFC_Tushar) September 2, 2019
HES MAGIC YOU KNOW
— dhruvthfc_ (@dhruvthfc__) September 2, 2019
SIUUUUU
— Jake (@THFCJakee) September 2, 2019
— Trevor Lloyd (@Trevorlloyd92) September 2, 2019
Vote for Pochettino
— Nandes (@Uy93746870) September 2, 2019
Despite being nominated for The Best award, Pochettino has not got off to the best of starts this season with Tottenham, winning just one game so far.