Pochettino reveals who could play in front of the Spurs and names two wonders of the academy

Mauricio Pochettino talked about his options for the Tottenham Premier League match at Fulham on Sunday.

Tottenham's offensive options were affected by Harry Kane's ankle injury, Heung-Min Son's Asian Cup draw and Lucas Moura's knee injury.

Fernando Llorente is the favorite for the first time this season in the league, while there was talk of a midfielder playing the role of fake nine.

Academy striker, Kazaiah Sterling, was involved in training the first team this week. Troy Parrott, 16, is also very popular in Tottenham.

The Irish teenager played almost two hours Thursday night, while the Spurs' U18 lost 5-2 after their extra time at Arsenal in the FA Youth Cup.

Pochettino was questioned about the options he had left ahead for Sunday's game.

"Yesterday, I was watching Barcelona and the striker was Leo Messi, you can play Llorente, you can play Dele Alli, you can play Lamela, you can play Kazaiah Sterling, Troy Parrott, I do not know," did he declare.

"You can play against a lot of players, it's not that you have to play with a specific striker." Listen, Chelsea played against us with Hazard as an attacker, when Giroud was on the bench and Morata was away.

"We are so crazy, managers, that sometimes we decide to do something different, right?"

Argentina was also asked whether it would be risky for Tottenham not to sign an attacker this month to cover Kane's absence until March.

"No, I do not see it that way, I think our philosophy is clear, it's because we do things differently that some opinions can be [out there]I do not say you, the media is a lot of people who write or speak in media that are not journalists – I do not talk about journalists, the most important here is what we believe, "he said. he declares.

"In the end, the people who know the inner reality, the plan according to which we have to face different situations and I think at the end, if for another transfer niche we do not sign the players or we do not sign an attacker, it's not going to be a bet, it will not be a risk.

"I think we have players who can deal with this place when Harry Kane is not available and of course, if we want to find a player similar to Harry Kane, I think we're going to make a mistake because finding another Harry Kane is impossible because we are talking about the three, four, five best attackers in the world.

"We have the opportunity to create our new star through the academy.You know different names, I do not mean [names] because that might not help, but of course our goal is to try to create the new Tottenham star, to find it here in our academy, that would be the most exciting thing. "

Pochettino explained that he is in a Tottenham club that likes to find stars from within.

"That's how we feel, happy, it's a way to feel responsible, we studied three and a half years ago, we did not find Harry Kane or Dele Alli here as big stars," he explained.

"When we look back and compare with another big European club, the two most important players on the team are built here in Tottenham.

"How many clubs have been doing the same thing as us over the past four or five years? It's huge. It's a huge thing to be satisfied for, for us and our fans.

"Mixing, or balance, is sometimes the most important, I respect the opinions, you've managed to create two and make two big stars like Dele Alli and Harry Kane.

"Why not try to add a few more players and help the club become stronger?" It's not possible because of the time when we built these two stars, at the same time as we are building the new stadium. "

"We need time, that's why our wish or our hope is the moment we finish the stage, we can pay the debt quickly and start investing with these young players who can be the big stars of the future it is the dream. "

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