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Tottenham Hotspur manager, Mauricio Pochettino has credited club’s chairman, Daniel Levy for transforming the side into one of the most financially stable club in the world, adding that they can now relax from the fear of losing the club’s best legs.

In past years, Spurs have been forced to sell stars to bigger clubs – notably Luka Modric and Gareth Bale to Spanish giants, Real Madrid. But Pochettino’s men have all signed new long-term contracts this season. However, Spurs’ hot form has recently triggered speculation about the futures of Kyle Walker, Danny Rose and Dele Alli, and with the club building a new £750 million home ground, there might be reasons for Levy to generate funds.

Tottenham Hotspur manager, Mauricio Pochettino has credited club’s chairman, Daniel Levy for transforming the side into one of the most financially stable club in the world, adding that they can now relax from the fear of losing the club’s best legs.

In past years, Spurs have been forced to sell stars to bigger clubs – notably Luka Modric and Gareth Bale to Spanish giants, Real Madrid. But Pochettino’s men have all signed new long-term contracts this season. However, Spurs’ hot form has recently triggered speculation about the futures of Kyle Walker, Danny Rose and Dele Alli, and with the club building a new £750 million home ground, there might be reasons for Levy to generate funds.

The 44- year old Argentine, though doesn’t see reasons for alarm, has credited Levy for tying down players, thereby putting the White-hart-lane side in a good financial position. Speaking at a news conference last week, the manager said that: “no need to worry, it is not about money as Tottenham Hotspur are one of the healthiest clubs financially in the world and Daniel deserves the credit.

Pochettino’s side harboured similar aspirations last season but a disastrous run of results in the final weeks would see them surrender top spot to eventual Champions, Leicester city. With things back in the rightful order financially plus the great form of the team, Pochettino believes they can challenge for the title.

Mean while Hotspur leading striker, Harry Kane believes if they continue their winning run of six consecutive victories in the last six games, they can meet up with the league leaders having emerged so far as their closest challengers so far.

The manager recently denied rumours linking him to his home country top job stating clearly that his full focus remains with Tottenham and not anywhere else.

Mauricio Pochettino reckons that whatever the Southampton faithful did when he visited them as an opposition coach 8 months back, one thing was clear from it that he was special for them.

If he had not been special for them and he had been just like other visiting coaches, they would just have supported their team like they normally do on the day of his visit as well and had done nothing unusual.

Mauricio Pochettino reckons that whatever the Southampton faithful did when he visited them as an opposition coach 8 months back, one thing was clear from it that he was special for them.

If he had not been special for them and he had been just like other visiting coaches, they would just have supported their team like they normally do on the day of his visit as well and had done nothing unusual.

But, they did not go about supporting their team in a normal way; they actually organized something only because he was coming.

Even if it was against him, the mere fact that they organized something especially for his visit, it was a sign that he was still in their thoughts and that is actually a kind of a compliment for a coach that people have not forgotten him even after he has departed.

The Saints supporters had actually turned their whole stadium orange on the previous game day between these two teams by donning the outfits of that colour and the reason behind that orange theme was the nationality of their new coach Ronald Koeman who was succeeding Pochettino.

Koeman comes from Holland and the national colour of Holland is orange. So, by wearing orange, everyone was sort of conveying that they were throwing their weight fully behind Koeman and they trusted him to take the club onwards and upwards.

But, as per Pochettino, that did not disappoint him because, for him, it was not hatred, it was actually love.

Pochettino says he only has positive memories of the Saints. People have to go in different directions due to different reasons, but, the respect that develops between the two parties while working with each other, it always remains.

Mauricio Pochettino reckons a nutmeg is just another action on a Football pitch and is not something special in his eyes. So, he doesn’t have too much to speak about it.

Pochettino opines that the motive of a player should be to get the better of his counterpart rather than to do something to cause embarrassment to him.

Mauricio Pochettino reckons a nutmeg is just another action on a Football pitch and is not something special in his eyes. So, he doesn’t have too much to speak about it.

Pochettino opines that the motive of a player should be to get the better of his counterpart rather than to do something to cause embarrassment to him.

As stated by Pochettino, the audience would obviously find a nutmeg entertaining, but, he wouldn’t for sure as he takes more pleasure in seeing his boys find the net than seeing them try and show any such skill.

Pochettino concedes that he cannot criticize Lamela who displayed the nutmeg because he is flamboyant and attempts stuff like that when he is practicing as well. It is natural to him and so, it’s not fair to say that he was disrespecting the other player on that occasion.

However, the Argentinean makes clear that if he had been at the receiving end of a nutmeg when he was a defender himself, his reaction would not have been too positive on that and the player responsible for that would have had to take the flak from him once the match was over.

Meanwhile, another Spurs player Danny Rose who was probably the closest to that nutmeg event in the Palace match reveals that Townsend to whom the nutmeg was done has a habit of falling victim to a nutmeg and during his Tottenham stint, his teammates would nutmeg him on a daily basis while practicing.

As per Rose, it was going through his mind that it was good on Townsend to have avoided a nutmeg up to that point that day, but, at last, it happened with again and as an ex-colleague, he really felt for him.