Argentine Mauricio Pochettino was appointed Tottenham Hotspur head coach on a five-year contract on Tuesday after leaving Premier League rivals Southampton where he has been in charge since January last year. The London club announced in a statement that Pochettino, 42, a former international defender, is taking over from Tim Sherwood who was sacked by Spurs at the end of last season only five months after replacing Andre Villas-Boas.
"This is a club with tremendous history and prestige and I am honoured to have been given this opportunity to be its head coach," Pochettino said on the club's website (www.tottenhamhotspur.com). "There is an abundance of top-class talent at the club and I am looking forward to starting work with the squad." He becomes Tottenham's 10th manager under chairman Daniel Levy since 2001.