LONDON -- Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino has said it was a "shame" Gylfi Sigurdsson was sold because the Swansea midfielder would have been "perfect" for his team.
In July 2014, a month after Pochettino's appointment, Sigurdsson returned to the Swans in a deal that took Ben Davies and Michel Vorm to White Hart Lane.
Speaking at a news conference ahead of Swansea's visit to Spurs on Saturday, Pochettino said the decision to sell Sigurdsson -- which Spurs say was taken by former technical director Franco Baldini -- had been too hasty.
"When we arrived at Tottenham, he was a player that was difficult to assess," he said.