Tottenham, an intransigent player, will visit a new stadium this season

REUTERS: Mauricio Pochettino, coach of Tottenham Hotspur, wants the club to move into its new stadium this season. He will take responsibility if it thwarts their momentum towards the end of the Premier League campaign.

The Tottenham derby in North London against Arsenal in March will take place at Wembley Stadium, the club still has not received a security certificate.

The London club will only have five home games after the shock of Arsenal to hold a match in its new 62,000-seat ground and Pochettino is adamant that they should not wait until next season to move .

"My opinion is moving … I take the risk and move, I'm brave," said Pochettino at a press conference in anticipation of Sunday's clash in the league with Leicester City at Wembley .

"If we can play one or five games, I want to move in. If the club or president Daniel (Levy) asks me what the final decision is, my final decision is to move to play it." Today, they know I want to move.

"But today it's just an opinion, and if it's time to make the final decision, it's not a problem, I'll say yes to act and be responsible and be blamed. is not a problem. "

Pochettino said the opposition clubs preferred to play against his team at Wembley, where the number of spectators has decreased in some matches this season.

"When you have a 90,000 capacity and you play in front of 30,000, I think it's a huge advantage for the opponent," added Pochettino.

"If you remember the last season at White Hart Lane and you compare it to last season, Wembley, our record is not that good, I always prefer to play at home, in my stadium and at home. . "

Tottenham, third in the league, has been using Wembley for league games since last season, following the demolition of historic White Hart Lane at the end of the 2016-17 campaign.

(Report by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru, edited by Toby Davis)