Mauricio Pochettino has praised chief scout Steve Hitchen for his role in signing Lucas Moura.
The Brazilian joined Spurs from Paris Saint-Germain for a fee of £25m in January but didn’t make a huge impact during the second half of last season.
Moura looks like a different player now, however, and he has three goals from two games which includes a brace against Manchester United.
Pochettino was quoted by Football.london as saying that the scouting team deserves praise for bringing Moura to Tottenham.
“Yes, many many praise he is going to receive now.
“But for me I want to say to our chief scout Steve Hitchen and all the people that worked with him, because they advised to sign him.
“When the people sometimes criticise because always it is tough now, I think I need to say well done, because today’s performance from Lucas Moura, for the people that advised and feel responsible too, they need to be praised too.”
Pochettino congratulated the people who worked to bring Moura in and further added that joining a team in the middle of the season is tough for a player.
“Of course that is another example that when the player arrives in the middle of the season it’s not easy to get them to good performances.
“It’s not easy to explain to you or our fans that we need patience and to wait to get the best from our players, after a pre-season and to have the possibility to show their quality.”
Moura scored in our 3-1 win over Fulham a couple of weeks ago. And with a full pre-season under his belt, we are finally seeing the best from the former PSG man.
