“Pochettino is a great person, a top coach”

Gregg Berhalterformer coach of USA and new coach Chicago Firehe assured this Thursday in the interview of EFE agency wishing “all the best” to his “friend” Mauricio Pochettinowho took the reins of the American team in the challenge of bringing it to world.

“Pochettino He is a great person, he is a top coach, someone who built his path to get to where he is today, starting from spanishafter Southamptonafter Tottenham, Paris Saint Germain and Chelseauntil the selection of USA“, said Berhalter, who attended the EFE Agency in a room at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Chicago after his presentation as the preparer of Fire.

“He is a very successful coach, I wish Pochettino all the best and this is an exciting challenge because in 2026 we want to be a very good team in world” he added.

Berhalter He admitted that he had a difficult summer, but highlighted his desire to focus one hundred percent on Chicago Firea club where he will serve as football director and head coach.

One of his first challenges was to pick a new designated player after the Swiss’s departure. Xherdan Shaqirithat leaves more than eight million dollars free to manage the league’s salary cap.

“The most important thing is that they affect the game, that they affect the performance. If you look at the best teams in the league, their designated player always impacts the game. We have to have the same thing, sign players who impact, he said.

“We will ask everyone to commit, whether they are the highest paid or the lowest paid. We want them to contribute and we will study things deeply,” he insisted.

“It is very important to give confidence to the players, to help them believe in themselves. Sometimes as coaches we think about what happens on the field, but a lot happens outside the field and our job is to support them,” he concluded .