Former England international Joe Cole has reacted to Mauricio Pochettino’s comments that it could take Tottenham another five years to win a title with a stark warning.
Ahead of Tottenham’s latest loss to Chelsea, Pochettino, who has been Spurs boss for almost five years, said he reckons it could take the same time again to change the mentality at the club to one which can challenge for the Premier League title.
Back-to-back defeats against Burnley and Chelsea mean Tottenham are now nine points off leaders Liverpool and slipping out the top four now looks more likely than a title challenge.
Speaking on BT Sport, Cole said: “If I’m Harry Kane and Dele Alli and my manager says we’re five, 10 years away from winning a trophy, I’m on the phone to my agent.
“He’s [Pochettino] made an improvement, but I don’t see him making a change in the mentality at Spurs, because you’re still seeing the same problems where you expect things like they’ll lose to Burnley at the weekend.
“All your quality English players, like your Winks’ and your Kanes and your Allis, have their sights set on winning Premier League titles.
“I’d personally think: ‘he thinks we’re…’ you know.”