Why the FA Cup is still special for Gus Poyet

22.01.10

It is 10 years since the Uruguayan, then a prolific goalscoring midfielder, got his hands on the famous old trophy after helping an expensively-assembled and multinational Chelsea side beat Aston Villa. On Saturday, he will face Villa again, this time as a novice manager of a struggling League One side.

His circumstances may have changed but one thing has remained the same over the course of the last decade: Poyet's passion for the FA Cup still burns brightly. "It's always been special to me," he told me. "No disrespect to the King of Spain but the Coppa del Rey, along with the Coppa Italia and Coupe de France don't really matter. The FA Cup is the only one in Europe that has got any real prestige."

That status is under threat, however, with many top-flight clubs preferring to focus on Champions League qualification or Premier League survival. It's been affected by a gradual change of priorities in English football that Poyet has seen firsthand since arriving at Stamford Bridge in June 1997, a month after Chelsea ended a 27-year wait for silverware by winning the Cup.

Source: BBC Sport (blog)

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