Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino backs Gary Neville to succeed in Spain
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Updated 03/12/2015 at 16:22 GMT
Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino is backing Gary Neville to be a success in La Liga following his appointment as the new Valencia coach.
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino
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Neville was named Valencia's new head coach until the end of the season on Wednesday, joining his brother Phil in Spain, who will remain on the club's coaching staff.
Pochettino enjoys a good relationship with Neville, who spent time at Tottenham's training ground last season and recently described the Argentine as his "favourite coach in the Premier League".
The Spurs boss is an avid follower of Spanish football, after spending eight years playing for Espanyol, and he believes Neville can thrive at his new club.
"I sent a text to him to wish him all the best because he is my colleague," Pochettino said.
"He is a brilliant man and I wish him all the best. It's a difficult job to take Valencia now.
"I know very well Valencia and Spanish football but he is capable of managing Valencia. I wish him all the best in a difficult job now.
"Always it is difficult to arrive in a new country, new language, new culture. It is all new for him.
"For me also it was very difficult at Southampton. It was maybe a very similar moment. But he is capable, he is very clever."
Pochettino took time to instil his own methods at White Hart Lane but his work is starting to bear fruit, with Spurs unbeaten in 13 league games ahead of Saturday's trip to West Brom.
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