Mauricio Pochettino says he did not speak openly in the media about taking a new managerial job because he felt that he was being linked with so many positions at the same time.
The Argentine manager had been without a job since he was sacked by Tottenham in November 2019 when he was appointed as the new manager of Paris Saint-Germain at the start of the year.
Pochettino had been heavily linked with a number of jobs across Europe with Manchester United among the many admirers of the former Southampton boss.
MEN Sport revealed last November that Pochettino was viewed as the ideal candidate to replace Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the event United made a managerial change, however the club stayed loyal to Solskjaer and have been rewarded for doing so, with United a point off top spot in the Premier League.
Now Pochettino has addressed the speculation that surrounded him and revealed he made a conscious decision not to openly discuss his future, despite making an appearance on Monday Night Football at the start of November.
“I didn’t want anyone to think that I speak because I do not have a job and maybe, I’m offering myself,” he told AS. "The good thing about that situation was that every morning you woke up in a different club. One day they placed you at Madrid, another at United… At PSG…’
"That’s why I didn’t need to have that media visibility. I had it without wanting it. I was a bit lucky in that regard. They linked my name to different clubs and the exposure came spontaneously.
“I was travelling virtually from one club to another. Surely when you talk, it has some basis, but for it to be done for real, as with PSG, ties have to be closed.”
