Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Mauricio Pochettino's first public appearance since the departure of Zinedine Zidane from Real Madrid.

Reports in Spain have identified the Argentinian as the number one target for Florentino Perez, president of the reigning European champions.

While the 71-year-old may be used to getting what he wants in the transfer market, having previously snatched up the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Luka Modric from Spurs and their Premier League rivals, he won't have it easy in his negotiations with Daniel Levy.

Despite claims of a special clause in the new contract that Pochettino signed only last week, football.london understand that no such mechanism exists to release the former Espanyol manager if Real come calling.

Tottenham supporters are waiting for reassurances from their head coach and the launch of the Spanish version of his book in Barcelona gives the former centre-back a chance to set the record straight on his plans for the future and the interest from Madrid.

Join Diego Lorijn for live updates from the press conference as Pochettino speaks out about the rumours that he could be set to replace Zidane at the Bernabeu.