Griffa: The man who shaped Argentine football, discovered Pochettino, mentored Bielsa and many more
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- The story of Jorge Griffa and Marcelo Bielsa knocking on the Pochettino family's door during a scouting trip to see a 13-year-old Mauricio sleeping is relatively well known by now.
As Griffa remembers it, he and Bielsa had gone to Santa Isabel in the Santa Fe province of Argentina looking for talents to bring to Newell's Old Boys in Rosario. While they were there, locals commented that a kid named Pochettino -- from Murphy, about a 30-minute drive away -- was the best...