Mauricio Pochettino appointed as Tottenham boss

 Tottenham Hotspur have appointed Mauricio Pochettino as their new manager on a five-year deal.The Argentine resigned from Southampton after 18 months with the club.
The 42-year-old becomes Tottenham's 10th manager since 2001 and replaces Tim Sherwood who was sacked on 13 May.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 told the Spurs website.   Pochettino's assistant Jesus Perez, first team coach Miguel D'Agostino and goalkeeping coach Toni Jimenez have also left Southampton to join him at Spurs.

The White Hart Lane club started last season with Andre Villas-Boas as manager but sacked him in December.Sherwood replaced the Portuguese and led the club to a sixth place finish in the top-flight.