CJGJ Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 (edited) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48399542 Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino's apparent joke about where his team would stay in Madrid for the Champions League final appears to have backfired - and prompted Real Madrid to release an official statement. The Argentine, who has been linked with a move to the Bernabeu in the past, was discussing Spurs' plans for the final against Liverpool at Atletico Madrid's Wanda Metropolitano Stadium on 1 June. "Ahead of the final, we will train at Valdebebas [Real's training complex] and sleep in a nearby hotel," he told El Partidazo de Cope. "I asked Florentino [Perez, Real's president] to let us sleep in the sports centre, but he told me that I can only sleep there when I become the coach of Real Madrid." Cue a "Comunicado Oficial" from the 13-time European champions, who re-appointed manager Zinedine Zidane in March. Real said they were "surprised by the demonstrations" made by Pochettino about a "supposed request" to stay at their training ground. "Real Madrid wants to make it clear that it is outright false that this request was produced," they said. They said they had "always shown its absolute availability" to meet the requests of Uefa, Spurs and Liverpool and requests were only for "the use of the training camps of the Ciudad Real Madrid and its changing rooms". Tottenham will be training at Real on 30 and 31 May and Liverpool will use the facilities on the morning of 1 June. "At no time has our club been requested that these teams could be accommodated in the facilities of Ciudad Real Madrid," they added. A humourless club it seems Edited May 24, 2019 by CJGJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Findlay Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Envy as they are not playing in the big final in what they regard as their city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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