Author(s): Guillem Balague

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The exclusive behind-the-scenes story of the Mauricio Pochettino revolution at Spurs'You show on the pitch who you are. If you are brave in your life, you cannot behave in a different way on the pitch. I don't understand how to play in a different way. Always be brave. I like to be brave.'Since joining the club in 2014, Mauricio Pochettino has transformed Spurs from mid-table underachievers into title contenders. In the process, he has marked himself out as a manager of real standing, more than holding his own against the Premier League's established heavyweights. He has done so by promoting an attacking, pressing style of football and by nurturing home-grown talent, fully endearing himself to the Spurs faithful along the way.Guillem Balague, the Sky Sports presenter and Spanish football expert, was granted unprecedented access to Pochettino and has backroom staff over the course of the 2016-17 season, resulting in the most comprehensive and compelling portrait of a manager and of a club in the Premier League era.