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The point is other than Lovren, they weren't successful
The point was that there is no evidence they have a good working relationship, 2 of the 4 signings were very bad resulting in a huge loss on a £15m investment. They are also unlikely to recoup the transfer fee for wanyama as well.
The team that was great for poch wasn't provided by Paul Mitchell. Their success is based on the fact they already had these players before Poch joined:
Lallana
Ward-Prowse
Lambert
Clyne
Rodriguez
Schneiderlin
Chambers
Shaw
Poch never had to build a team at Southampton, if anything we should get nigel adkins to develop a team for Poch
That's your opinion. Wanyama was good, and has currently been looking very good. So no, its not just Lovren.
The fact that we're trying to get him tells you that Pochettino values him. If Levy was thinking of getting rid of Pochettino he wouldn't be moving for this guy and he's clearly consulted Pochettino.
You're still missing the point. It doesn't matter that they didn't build that side between them. They have experience from having worked previously together. They will have had plenty of dialogue and probably have a good rapport. That's the benefit.
It really isn't rocket science.