Mauricio Pochettino rules out Barcelona job and says he could never take charge at the Nou Camp
Tottenham boss Pochettino linked with taking charge at Barca but says like Arsenal it is a club he could never manage
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MAURICIO POCHETTINO has dismissed claims he could join Barcelona this summer and insisted he could never take charge at the Nou Camp.
Pochettino has been linked with succeeding Luis Enrique as boss of the Spanish giants - and those rumours intensified when he was spotted talking to Barca president Josep Maria Bartomeu in a restaurant last week.
But the Tottenham boss says he simply cannot ever entertain taking charge of the club because he played for and managed their bitter rivals Espanyol.
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And the Argentine also ruled out ever being interested in managing Arsenal in the process.
Pochettino said: "It was true that there was a coincidence in a bar in Barcelona last Tuesday. I knew him for a long time before he was chairman at Barcelona.
"Many people say hello and you spend five minutes together. That's the reality.
"I'm an Espanyol supporter. I don't need to speak too much.
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"If Daniel Levy sacks me in a few years and I'm free, it would be impossible to manage Arsenal.
"In football, it's hard to keep loyal with your heart and emotion but I believe that before being a manager or a player, you should be loyal.
"I'm an Espanyol fan. I love Espanyol."