One of the candidates to become Athletic Bilbao’s new president wants Mauricio Pochettino to take over as coach at the Basque club.
Athletic will hold elections on June 24 and if Ricardo Barkala emerges victorious from a list of four candidates he will make Ramon Planes his new Sporting Director.
Planes has worked with Pochettino before at both Espanyol and Tottenham and has put the Argentine at the top of his list as new coach.
Athletic are currently without a manager after they parted company with Marcelino at the end of last season.
Marcelo Bielsa and Ernesto Valverde, who have both coached the club in the past, have been linked but Barkala and Planes want Pochettino.