Mauricio Pochettino’s assistant Jesus Perez has revealed that the PSG boss and Daniel Levy ‘still text each other’ and have a ‘very good relationship’.
Jose Mourinho took over from Pochettino in November 2019, ending the Argentine’s five-year reign which saw Tottenham reach the Champions League final just months earlier.
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Poch, whose side sealed a 5-2 aggregate victory over Barcelona in the last-16 of Champions League on Wednesday, also led Spurs to second in 2017 – their highest Premier League finish.
However, tensions grew in the latter stages of his tenure with money rarely spent on player sales as they built a new state-of-the-art stadium.
Perez, who has long been his right hand man, has revealed that Pochettino and Levy are still in contact and believes they will one day return.
He told the Evening Standard: “Every day Daniel crossed to Mauricio’s office and he joined us on the topic we were discussing.”
“Then most of the time we had breakfast with him and lunch at the training ground.
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“We, as a staff, never started lunch until Mauricio or Daniel was at the table. That’s something we always respected.
“Mauricio and Daniel still text each other and they have a very good relationship. We don’t have any bad feelings with Daniel. The other way around. It was a professional decision.
“At some point, we had to split but we will be back at Spurs for sure.”
Mourinho has vowed to celebrate a landmark year for both him and chairman Levy by trying to win a trophy.
Levy celebrates 20 years at the helm of Spurs this week while Mourinho is set to take charge of his 1,000th game as a manager later on this season.
“I would love to help, it’s not me. I’d love to be part of a work that can deliver a trophy, I would love,” he said.
“I don’t think sometimes it’s fair for an owner, CEO, an administrator of a club, the president to be judged on trophies, because trophies they many, many times depend on others too.
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“I think there are many ways to look at working in football and the work that has been done in this club, independent of the trophies that the club didn’t get in the past years, the work is undeniable.
“The club is a big, big club in many aspects, very, very well organised in many aspects and that’s incredible work from him as the big boss in here but from the whole structure that works for him and with him.
“So I don’t think sometimes it’s fair to judge on trophies. But trophies are the salt and pepper of football and I’d love for him, but not just him, also the players, the fans, everyone, I’d love to help, for that to happen.
“I’m not a big guy on stats and this kind of thing, but my 1,000th official match is going to arrive this season too and in a career where I’ve been lucky enough to win so many things, it’d be nice for him to celebrate my 1,000 official matches to celebrate winning a trophy for Tottenham.
“We’re going to try. Let’s see if it’s possible.”
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