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Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino has revealed that his chairman Daniel Levy has told him some positive news about the club's new stadium.

Pochettino, his players and the Tottenham fans have had to deal with delay after delay with the new 62,062-seater stadium, meaning almost another full season at Wembley.

However the Spurs boss revealed on Tuesday that his latest chat with Levy had brought some good news about the club's new ground.

"Today I saw Daniel and he's very positive, hopefully yes we can play before the end of the season," he admitted.

When it was put to him that he had previously said his gut feeling was that it would be tough to play in the massive new stadium this season, he pointed to the recent rescheduling of the match against Crystal Palace later next month due to the Eagles' FA Cup progress.

"Yes still I think it's going to be tough but I think with Palace going through in the FA Cup and we changed the game and that makes us more positive to believe that we move before the end of the season," he said.

The stadium is currently undergoing the crucial final stages of testing of the safety system that links the entire complex.

If that proves successful then the club is believed to be planning test dates for next month, with some talk among those involved in the project of March 16 and 30 dates, scaling up in size before aiming for either the Brighton or Huddersfield Premier League fixtures as an opener in April.

The Brighton game though could yet be moved if former Spurs star Chris Hughton's men overcome Millwall away in the FA Cup quarter-finals.

However, if Millwall triumph then neither Wembley nor MK Dons' Stadium MK ground are available for that April 7 Brighton match so the club would be forced to reschedule the fixture if they cannot play it in their new stadium.

Pochettino was asked whether he would be supporting Millwall in the FA Cup in order to get Spurs into their new stadium more quickly.

After emitting a big laugh, he admitted: "I don't know. I'm going to support all the possibilities that can make us play before the end of the season - of course I'm going to support the situations yes!"

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