In a rather strategic-sounding admission, Tottenham’s manager Mauricio Pochettino has said he dreams of returning to his former club, Paris Saint-Germain, to coach in the future.

“Come to Paris?” the Argentine manager told French radio station RMC. “I hope so. It is true that it would please me. It’s part of my dreams.”

The impulse is understandable, considering he spent three years there as a player. But all the same, it’s an odd dream to have, especially since Pochettino lays out perhaps the best criticism of such a move in the same interview, namely, that Ligue 1 is “not very attractive” because it’s a one-team league.

Of course, that may feel like a relief at first, compared to the competitive nature of the Premier League, where there are usually at least four teams that have the quality to finish first — and sometimes a sneaky underdog like Leicester set to disrupt the whole pack — but it would soon enough prove a waste for Pochettino’s talent. And that doesn’t even take into account the dangers to be found at a team that simply expects to win every title every year.

Because of these expectations, PSG has become impossible to please at this point. The team’s current manager, Laurent Blanc, won the league with months to spare this year, his third win in a row. But by exiting in the quarter-finals of the Champions League — which matches Paris’ recent peak performance and is the best the team has done since 1995 — was enough to set Blanc to almost certainly get the sack this summer. This is a manager who has been heaped with praise in his position. Gone because of one poor result.

Compare that to Spurs, for which a likely second-place finish has made Pochettino an idol. There is pressure to get him to sign another contract already, even with three years left on the current one. It is pressure Pochettino has resisted, saying he’s not eager to sign on for more at the moment, hint hint.

And that gratitude does not necessarily suggest a less promising team. Even though its ambitions are more modest, Tottenham has arguably as much talent at its disposal at the moment as the team in the French capital. It’s not yet clear how Harry Kane, Dele Alli, and Hugo Lloris will do in Europe, but it’s certain Pochettino will be put under far less pressure to win everything against the likes of Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Pep Guardiola‘s Manchester City. That’s a far better situation to build a winning team in than what he’ll find in Paris.

To be sure, Tottenham has been known to let managers down before, selling top players and not always showing loyalty when things take a negative turn (just ask Andre Villas-Boas). But all that will only be worse in Paris. Consider the Spurs’ draw against West Brom on Monday. That would have been a firing offense across the Channel.

It’s understandable that a manager of Pochettino’s quality might look now for that final step up to the top clubs in Europe. He’s proved he has the skill to do some extraordinary things. But he’d do better to keep his eye away from Ligue 1. His spot in London looks far more promising than a place in Paris.