Mauricio Pochettino has admitted that he has turned down 'plenty' of offers from other clubs trying to snatch him away from Tottenham Hotspur.

The 47-year-old has been a man in demand following his efforts to take Spurs to the Champions League final and four consecutive top four Premier League finishes despite their relatively low spending compared to their rivals.

The Argentine has been linked with Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United, PSG, Chelsea, Juventus and the Argentina and England national jobs in recent years.

Pochettino slammed rumours on Friday that he was set to leave the club and when asked whether he had turned down offers to leave the north London outfit he admitted there had been many, not all of them ones that his chairman Daniel Levy had known about, but that he was very happy at Tottenham.

"Yes. Plenty [of offers]. Plenty in five years and Daniel knows. Some, not all! From everywhere. Daniel knows very well how our commitment with the club is," said the Spurs boss.

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"It’s massive, it’s more than what is normal. But it’s normal that different managers for sure, if you ask Guardiola, if you ask Klopp, if you ask the best managers...For sure Guardiola is working in City and receives a call from a different club or like Klopp or like a different manager.

"It does not make it special to me. You asked me and that is my honest answer. But I don’t want it that you use it to say how good I am because I said ‘no’.”

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The Spurs boss added that he wasn't tempted by any of the offers and that none of them came any closer to fruition.

"No, no because last year when I signed the contract here it was because I wanted to help the club to finish the stadium, to move into

the stadium, be sure we are going to move and that it matches the dynamic and not create an issue," explained Pochettino.

"That was my personal commitment with Daniel. In this moment one year ago it would have been easy to say ‘OK, we’ve been here four years, let’s find another challenge and move on’ because always people at Tottenham will remember us very nicely.

"But we showed our commitment with the club and personally with Daniel because we knew it was going to be a difficult summer, impossible to

sign players, impossible to move players and we had to keep the same squad while trying to deliver the job. Of course if you analyse last

season, we need to improve in the Premier League this season. It’s going to be tough.

"In the last part of last season we went a little bit down but we kept the season alive and the perception was good because we progressed in the Champions League. But now we need to try to push again. That is why we need to be on the same page - the club, Daniel and us in our vision and plans for the future.

"I only tried to explain the situation, it is because I care about the club and Daniel and our personal relationship. It’s not because I am a coach and if I am here I am here and if we don’t I get sacked and go home. The fact I have a four-year contract, or more is not the point.

"Sometimes when you do that you show you are human, honest and care, but that is the business and we need to accept it.

"I am very happy to be here, very proud. Five years we signed for and started a project at a very different club - and now we are one of the best clubs in the world. We have played in the final of the Champions League and now the aim is to remain competitive for the future."

Pochettino further slapped down the rumours that sprung up on Thursday that he was going walk away from the club after the north London derby regardless of the result.

"The problem is how it can affect things, we are in the business of football and it takes one negative result to create a rumour like has happened in this case. After the North London derby, I’m going to walk away? What a stupid rumour," he said.

"It’s nonsense. There can be other rumours but this one goes too far. Of course I am optimistic. When we are training, when we prepare the games, of course you can work in a sad environment, you can work if you are not optimistic but you cannot work if you are negative.

"You can ask the staff, ask the players so you know how we are working. I am pushing more, I am pushing more. Every time we are in a difficult period, the only way to change this type of situation and results is to work harder than the day before. We never lose the focus. We never lose the power to push the player, to make them believe, to help their performance and be positive.

" I describe the situation from the beginning to try where possible to change before the start of the season, to settle some principles and to always try to find solutions for the future to avoid mistakes. When you put the team on the higher level, it’s impossible to keep that same performance always in the same way."

He added: "I t's so difficult when you are not strong in your ideas and principles and you fight to try and find that. And maybe now we struggle a little bit in some points, like against Newcastle, after almost 80 per cent of possession and 30 crosses and you don’t score.

"Like was City, you deserve more and you don’t win. We concede a few actions against Aston Villa and we concede a goal. That is not going to change the situation. Always the commitment of the players was there.

"We need to move on. Be positive. Happened what happened on Sunday. We need to be here working, very optimistic; very positive. For sure, we are going to have a great season and my personal challenge is to try to win.

"I told you two weeks ago I wanted to win a trophy with Tottenham and because of one defeat I am going to walk away. It’s not common sense."

On Thursday night after the Champions League draw, Pochettino and his assistant manager Jesus Perez went out for dinner with Levy and he admitted it was an important gathering.

"Last week we had a meeting here and then we planned to have this dinner with Jesus, Daniel and another board member. We played two-v-two. Who won? Tottenham!" he joked.

"It was a very good exercise to have better communication, to make things clear. Always the intention was to help the club. The intention in my posture or my speech or my decision was always to try to make the best for the club.

"There were no personal intentions. It was always trying to help the club, help the team, that is our principle objective and it was good to listen from Daniel that we are on the same page, that is the most important thing."

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But who paid for the dinner?

"I don’t know because when the bill arrived we left," quipped Pochettino. "Jesus said 'I need to go to the toilet 'and I said 'I have a call from my wife!'"