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ESPN journalist Jeff Carlisle asked about Atalanta midfielder Yunus Musah and Borussia Monchengladbach defender Joe Scally missing out on the squad during today’s press conference.
Mauricio Pochettino wasn’t too pleased with the question.
“Next time, you provide your list or your roster and after that, we can debate,” Pochettino answered.
“I’m not going to talk because we never give explanations about players that are not with us.”
“When you’re asking me about players that are not in the squad, that’s because in your mind, you believe that they have the right to be here.”
“We need to respect the players in the 26 [amount of players called in]. If not, we are going to start asking social media about why not one player or another and decide.”
“I don’t know, maybe you can ask me why [Lionel] Messi is not in the roster. Those types of players, [Diego] Maradona or Pele. But when you’re talking about different names, you need to respect players that are here.”
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