Mauricio Pochettino insists that David Beckham and Zinedine Zidane meet at the restaurant was "a coincidence" | Football News

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Mauricio Pochettino explains how he ended up dining at the same restaurant as David Beckham and Zinedine Zidane this week

Tottenham's director, Mauricio Pochettino, insists that dinner this week in the same restaurant as David Beckham and Zinedine Zidane was a coincidence, amid speculation linking him to Real Madrid.

Pochettino was photographed Tuesday night, leaving a London restaurant at the same time as the former Real duo, who spent three years and won the Super Cup of Spain together at Bernabeu.

Pochettino's success at the Spurs has led him to hold various jobs in Europe's biggest clubs, including Manchester United and Real, before a summer in which both clubs are expected to make new appointments to permanent.

David Beckham and Zinedine Zidane were teammates at Real Madrid

But the boss of the Spurs said: "I was with Jesus (Perez) and another person.We were three.

"We met by coincidence with you know (Beckham and Zidane) and that is the whole story.We only said hello because we met by coincidence there, but then the story appears and how do you stop?

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"That's the reality, we almost finished at the same time, he came to say hello and we spent two minutes talking and then we parted."

After many eliminated the Spurs from the Premier League title race, three consecutive victories led them to nearly five points from Manchester City and Liverpool at the top of the standings.

Tottenham will try to continue its winning streak against Leicester Sunday, live Sky sports.

Pochettino guided the Spurs to five points from the top of the Premier League

"We are here, third in the table," said Pochettino of his team's title hopes. "For us, it will be winning all three points Sunday to be involved until the end.

"It's our goal: to be fully involved, to be a realistic competitor and to have the opportunity to be present in the last five games, to try to make the competition possible."

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