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I don't think I've said I can't understand why Pochettino was chosen or one of the candidates, just that from everything we have available to us regular bods, the games we've seen, the reports, the analysis of their philosophies, the stats, the testimonials etc, I find FDB an incredibly strong candidate.
I can understand why Pochettino was on the short list and why he may have been selected. I am not disappointed with his selection, and can dig much of what he is trying to do, and am relishing the press fest. I just think, based on what I have seen, read and know of FDB's time at Ajax, he ticked just about every box, plus he has that very rare but very important winning "thing". As others said, he wants to win at everything he does. And so far, he has. That invisible and impossible to quantify or measure character trait that a few have.
If I had to guess, I would bet that Levy was advised that FDB's football was very similar in style to AVB's and that may have scared him.
Anyway, I tell you what the last couple of seasons the most exciting part has been the summer bit before it all begins and no one knows.