Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino said Thursday he will never get bored of stories linking him to other clubs because it means he is doing something right.
Fresh speculation about Pochettino’s future has emerged this week following the club’s qualification to the knockout stage of the Champions League, with reports suggesting the club are braced for interest from Manchester United and Real Madrid.
“This type of news I think does not upset or bore people,” said the Argentine, who signed a five-year contract in May and has constantly spoken about how happy he is in north London.
“I prefer that newspapers talk about things like this than talk about ‘Tottenham is going to sack me’, or ‘people are tired of me’, or ‘we are in a difficult situation’.
“Of course, if I choose one situation I choose this one. I am not bored of it, of course.”
Pochettino has steered Spurs into the last 16 of the Champions League and to third spot in the Premier League in spite of several challenges this season, including having to play their home games at Wembley.
And he is relieved that most of the focus is on Manchester City and Liverpool.
“We are there, we are in a good position of course,” he said. “It is normal that the perception is different. I am happy with the perception today when the perception from the media is only Manchester City and Liverpool and not us.”
Spurs will find out their Champions League fate on Monday when the draw could pair them with Porto, Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus or Bayern Munich.