Pochettino hopes hat trick will “free” Llorente
According to the London Evening Standard Mauricio Pochettino hopes a hat-trick for Fernando Llorente will help ‘free’ the Spaniard, but admitted he had been disappointed with the striker.
The 33-year-old joined from Swansea City in the summer, but has endured a tough season in north London, as Pochettino has reminded reporters time and again this term, the second-choice striker did not have the advantage of a pre-season, having broken his arm over the summer.
Llorente must also battle with the best striker in the Premier League, Harry Kane, for a place in the side,However last night a perfect hat-trick, chalked up inside just 12 minutes, against Rochdale took Llorente’s tally to five in a Spurs shirt, and according to the article Pochettino...