Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino continues to flirt with Real Madrid and describes job as ‘the pinnacle of your career’

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Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has described coaching Real Madrid as “the pinnacle of your career”.

The Spanish club made Pochettino their top choice to succeed Zinedine Zidane but quickly moved on to other targets when the Argentine publicly made it clear he would not try to force his way out of Spurs.

Tottenham are determined to keep Pochettino and it would cost the Spanish giants over £50million to buy him and his three assistants out of their new five-year contracts .

But Pochettino continues to flirt with the European champions, while insisting he is happy at Spurs.

He said: “As a coach, to arrive at Real Madrid is the pinnacle of your career. It’s clear that Real Madrid could be the best team in the world. I’m happy at Tottenham. I let football carry me away.”

In an interview with a radio station in his homeland, Pochettino added that it was a “source of pride” to be wanted by Real but said he was “grateful” for his job in north London.

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The president of Spanish club Murcia claims Real will appoint Guti - who is now coach of Madrid’s Under-19 team - as Zidane’s successor. “Guti is going to coach Real Madrid so he cannot coach Murcia,” Victor Galvez revealed. “He was the coach I wanted here.”

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