Mauricio Pochettino has condemned the Premier League fixture on Christmas Eve as it clashes with his wedding Anniversary.
Mauricio Pochettino slammed the league’s executive as the fixtures will be ruining his wedding anniversary with wife Karina Grippaldi.
Infuriated fans have shown their displeasure with the fixture and have asked for a meeting with organizers in order to get the decision reversed.
However, the fans aren’t the only ones that are affected by the decision, with Chelsea’s new boss also seeing his plans ruined.
The game that has been slated to be played on 24th December, 2023 will ruin his plans of enjoying Christmas Eve with family members too.
Pochettino, who was not happy about the fixture said in an interview that: “Our supporters are not happy? Me neither.”
“I’m not happy also because [December] 23rd is my anniversary with my wife and I need to travel to Wolves and I’m not going to spend the night of the 23rd in my house.“
“I believe I am not going to convince her to come [to Wolverhampton].”
“And the 24th for Argentinian people is a really important night and [I] hope to arrive to celebrate on time after the game,” Mauricio Pochettino continued.
“Our fans are not happy and I am not happy also. It is difficult because it is not easy to change. We have to accept we are in England.”
“I need to adapt myself and even if I am not happy I need to do my best to be in our best level and accept this is a situation we cannot change.”
Mauricio Pochettino made these comments following the Chelsea Supporters Trust blasting the Christmas Eve fixture with Wolves.
A statement from the group reads: “This is totally unacceptable. We have made it clear that selecting this kick-off time will place another hurdle in the way of many match-going supporters.”
With Mauricio Pochettino furious over the fixture, the statement added: “We have requested an urgent meeting with the relevant decision-makers within the Premier League.”
“We expect this meeting will be held very soon alongside the Wolves 1877 Trust and the Football Supporters’ Association.”
“And we will formally request the Premier League properly consults supporters and reverses this decision.”
Mauricio Pochettino
Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero is an Argentine professional football manager and former player.
He was born on 2nd March, 1972 and is currently the manager of Chelsea football club.
The former Tottenham and PSG manager started naturally as a defender and started his professional football career in 1989 with Newell’s Old Boys.
Mauricio Pochettino began his managerial career at Espanyol in 2009 which he later left in 2012 after a run of poor results and financial disputes.
Pochettino was appointed the manager of Premier League side Southampton in 2013, where he led them to an 8th-place finish which was their best-ever finish.
From Southampton, he moved to Tottenham Hotspur in 2014 and finished as EPL runner-up in the 2016–17 season and also reached the UEFA Champions League final in 2019.
He was dismissed from Spurs after a run of poor results, and then in 2021, he moved to France, joining Paris Saint-Germain, where he won Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France.
Pochettino’s Wife Karina Grippaldi
Karina Grippaldi is the wife of Mauricio Pochettino. She was born in 1973 in Argentina and she is a graduate of pharmacy from National University.
Though there is less information about her as she likes to be discreet, Futballnews understands that she and Pochettino had two kids together.
In 1994, following three years of dating, Mauricio and Karina exchanged vows in a secret wedding.
The couple has two children together: Sebastino Pochettino, the fitness coach at Paris Saint-Germain, was born in 1996.
Maurizio Pochettino, a current Watford player, was the couple’s second child born in 2002.
