I did think this was odd, he might well have been the fans' choice if this were for example an American college sport, where the biggest teams often hire a young, tactically astute coach who takes an unfashionable team into the equivalent of a mid-table one. That would be seen as just as likely as bringing in a top coach from a 2nd tier conference (league in this case) who did well against big clubs every 2nd to 3rd year like Ten Hag did in the CL with Ajax.
Not sure he was a better choice than Ten Hag, but I thought it was weird that Pochettino was seen as a better one. That one had potential to be another waste of time, whereas appointing Ten Hag or Potter at least ensure we'll want to play possession football and hopefully get the players like McTominay and Wan-Bissaka out of the team and keep new versions from coming in, though I was disheartened to see Mctominay not sold to some mid-table side to bring in 15-20M or so to spend on a new player who can pass and move or someone to solidify the DM or RB positions where players like Palhinha and the Argentine that Atletico just bought went for that amount.
How does the manager of the Ajax team that played Lasse Schone at DM and Timber at CB not come in and immediately demand McTominay be sold to raise money? It's the first thing that really has me concerned that this appointment won't see us replicate the level of football Ajax played under him, which is really the level he has to get to for this not to another failed managerial reign.
Pep and City should groom him.