Mauricio Pochettino insists that he would have left Tottenham when he had won the Champions League

Mauricio Pochettino admitted that he would have left Tottenham when he had won the Champions League final.

The Spurs lost the final 2-0 to Liverpool, their rival in the Premier League, in Madrid on June 1. Pochettino revealed that he was ready to leave the trophy.

But the Spurs boss said that being so close and losing the final helped revitalize him for the upcoming challenge and redouble his determination to lead the club to success.

"After five years spent in a difficult project in Tottenham, Pochettino has been questioning his future in the aftermath of the final defeat.We are talking a lot about perception and reality, our fight and all the energy that We are deploying to try to win Tottenham … to fight with the best teams from Europe and England.

"Of course, that's always in your head, you never know, with my way I'll always give the club priority over myself.

"Maybe if the result was different after the final, you may think," OK, maybe it's time to leave the club, leave the club and give them the opportunity to do it. " a new chapter with a new coaching staff ".

"But after the final, I thought it was not good to finish like this, I'm not someone who avoids facing problems or a difficult situation.

"I'm pretty much on that side – I like big challenges, tough challenges and of course, now, to rebuild that mentality, to allow a similar season to be repeated, that's exciting and to me. motivates a lot. "

Pochettino, 47, who has played for the Spurs for five years, said his victory in the Champions League would have had a different impact on his situation and has certainly seen him leave for a new challenge elsewhere.

"Of course, that's certain," said Pochettino in Singapore before the Tottenham friendly against Juventus on Sunday. "You know very well that when you touch the glory, you behave differently, you feel different or the players feel different and the challenge becomes different.

"It's like Kieran [Trippier] I explained privately and to the media in Madrid that he liked being in Tottenham and working with us, but that at 28, 29 years old, a player sometimes has to discover the need and raise new ones. challenges.

"It's in you and it's only you who know how you feel – it's not about agreeing or not, but about accepting how you feel. individual, you have individual challenges and you must accept if all parties are happy. "