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Mauricio Pochettino will snub Real Madrid to stay at Tottenham, believes Christian Eriksen

La Liga outfit want the Spurs chief to replace Zinedine Zidane at the Bernabeu at some point in the future

CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN believes Mauricio Pochettino will snub Real Madrid to stay at Spurs.

The Spanish giants want Tottenham chief Poch, 45, to be Zinedine Zidane’s eventual successor as Bernabeu boss.

 Christian Eriksen thinks Mauricio Pochettino is happy at Tottenham
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Christian Eriksen thinks Mauricio Pochettino is happy at TottenhamCredit: PA:Press Association

But Spurs star Eriksen, 26, has no fears over his manager’s future with the North Londoners.

The Dane said: “No, like I said before, the players are happy with him and the club is very happy with him. Of course, it’s his decision but I think what’s he’s building here he would like to be part of it.

“I think that’s what he showed when he signed his new deal, a long-term deal.

“Of course there will be interest from other clubs because he’s doing really well but hopefully he’ll stay."

 Christian Eriksen scored a free-kick as Tottenham fought back against Juventus
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Christian Eriksen scored a free-kick as Tottenham fought back against JuventusCredit: AP:Associated Press
 Denmark ace Christian Eriksen has developed into a top talent under Mauricio Pochettino
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Denmark ace Christian Eriksen has developed into a top talent under Mauricio PochettinoCredit: AP:Associated Press

Eriksen equalised with a 71st-minute free-kick as Tottenham came back from going 2-0 down in the first nine minutes to draw 2-2 at Juventus in their Champions League last-16 first-leg in Turin on Tuesday night.

He added: “I think you can say it was a very bad start. Being 2-0 down after nine minutes there’s only one way and that’s trying to come back and luckily we did that.


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“After it was 2-0 they dropped a bit. They did start very offensively and then they dropped a bit which gave us a bit more of the ball so we tried to create something afterwards. It helped us actually but not in a good way.

“Of course it shows a lot of character. All the types we have in our team are players who like to go forward, try to create something.

“Either way, winning or losing we try to play the same way and luckily we could turn it around.”

 Harry Kane rounds Gianluigi Buffon to score for Tottenham in Turin
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Harry Kane rounds Gianluigi Buffon to score for Tottenham in TurinCredit: Getty - Contributor
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Gonzalo Higuain gave Juve a quickfire 2-0 lead with a volley and a penalty.

Harry Kane pulled one back for Tottenham in the 35th minute before Higuain hit another spot-kick against the bar with the very last kick of the first-half.

Eriksen admitted: “I think the most important time of the game was the missed penalty which gave us a lot of belief and confidence going into the second half that we could get something and luckily we did.”

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