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Super League snub - Spurs can't help but feel spurned

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There is a story from Mauricio Pochettino's book, Brave New World, that is hard to forget.

Pochettino, one of 3,540 people living in the Argentinian town of Murphy, takes a bus to Rosario, 160km away, to train with Central, a team in his country's top flight.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on November 05, 2018, with the headline Super League snub - Spurs can't help but feel spurned. Subscribe