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What do you expect or need for Spurs to reach the top?

I believe it's too early to know. We are working a lot to develop our game and improve and learn. Our objective is to try next season to try to fight for everything we are going to play. During that period we try to improve the team. We'll see in the end what happens but I am so calm, I am happy.

I think the team is doing well. Now it is not important like I told you after the game against PSG that the result is not the most important. The most important thing is to get the feeling, to improve every day.

What happened on the touchline? Were you sent off and didn't go?

It was a situation that we were talking in Spanish, not in English. But I believe it was a chat that ok, we were talking and started to speak louder.

But for me then I said to him, I apologise. Maybe a bit nervous for some situation on the pitch. But he wanted me to be sent off, but I said 'come on that's no sense because we were talking in Spanish and nobody could understand us'. I said 'Come on, all that happened there stayed between us'. It was all good I think. It was not a problem. I apologised to him about my behaviour.

What do you think the future holds for Cameron Carter-Vickers?

I think I had the same question last game against PSG. We need to judge him in a collective sense. He is so young and needs to improve and learn a lot.

He is a potential player, yes, but then we'll see what happens in the end. He is like different players like Kyle Walker-Peters and Josh Onomah and today Anthony Georgiou and Tashan. Different players that are with us and have the possibility to play, to learn and show their quality, but it's important that we are talking about players that are so young and need time to settle in the first team and squad.

Daniel Levy said Spurs don't need to spend money, they have academy players - is that what you're trying to show on the tour?

I didn't hear that. When was this? This morning? I didn't hear because I wasn't at the Nasdaq. I arrived late. I didn't hear him. Then you know for me it's so difficult to read in English. Only my assistant Jesus sometimes explains what happens in the media. But I didn't hear and I don't know. It's better if you ask him if you have the possibility or I will ask him tomorrow if I have the possibility if it's true or not.

Do you agree that Tottenham don't need to spend big money because of these promising players?

I think it's important to speak about context. I don't know how was the interview from him, whether it's true or not. I did not hear that from him in private.

What do you think about the big spending in the Premier League?

I think I explained many, many times my philosophy. My philosophy is to try to adapt myself in the club that offer the job. I think after to judge and analyse Tottenham after two years is clear that that's the best way to have success and help the team and help the club to achieve better things.

That is the expectation that you are using. I respect every philosophy and every way how another manager or club are doing. We are Tottenham and we create our own philosophy, our own way.

It's true that sometimes it's opposite today to another club that are maybe on the table in the same level as us are doing completely different than us. All is about objective and time. We see what happens in the future.

It's impossible to guarantee success with one or another philosophy. It's important to believe and take the way that you feel can help the club. It's clear that in the last three years my philosophy has helped the club a lot to reach what they want.