Mauricio Pochettino was sat in the press conference room at Tottenham Hotspur's training ground but this was not his usual session with journalists.

On Wednesday afternoon the room at Hotspur Way was the scene of the official launch of "A Brave New World - Inside Pochettino's Spurs" - a book released this month about the manager, club and an excellent season.

The book is a strange but clever creation, written by well known Spanish journalist and Sky Sports regular Guillem Balague and put together using interviews with the manager, his staff, friends and players, but presented as if it all came from the mind of the man himself, in the form of Pochettino's diary of the 2016/17 season at Tottenham. The Argentine approves of the final result, sometimes calling it "my book".

Pochettino and Balague sat behind the desk in the press conference room. The first four rows of seats, normally full of journalists were this time taken by the manager's family, including his wife Karina, his coaches and their wives, academy head John McDermott, as well as chairman Daniel Levy, executive director Donna Cullen and operations and finance director Matthew Collecott.

The journalists were sat nearer the back of the room on this occasion, although this renegade reporter managed to bag himself a seat slightly closer to the front and two along from Spurs legend Ossie Ardiles, a close friend and compatriot of Pochettino.

At the front, Pochettino was smartly dressed in a suit and clean shaven and while he said some emotional and personal things, like being "in love with" Levy which got a laugh all round, he didn't appear as relaxed as he can be during the written journalists' section of his press conferences each week.

During those moments, he's in his tracksuit, leaning back on the back two legs of his chair, speaking as freely as a Premier League manager can with plenty of laughs and smiles.

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At the book launch, perhaps with Levy watching on directly in his eye line and his family among the audience, he was a little bit more aware of himself, admitting he's a man who likes to remain private and apologising for his grasp of the English language- which really is excellent considering he knew only the words "yes" and "no" when he arrived in England four years ago.

Pochettino covered some of the themes in the book, getting his players to rediscover the enjoyment they took from the sport as children as well as revealing that he has a ball in his office at Hotspur Way which he throws at the Tottenham stars to catch during one-on-one chats, telling them to remember what it was like to hold a ball when they were young and to hold on to that feeling.

He also recounted a trip to Argentina with Levy and his coaches, which features in the book. The group went rafting on rapids and during the adventure, first team coach Miguel D'Agostino fell out and was trapped under the boat for 30 terrifying seconds with nobody realising he was gone.

Pochettino was asked whether he would stay at Tottenham for 20 years, similar to Sir Alex Ferguson. The Spurs boss has been asked this before a couple of times and generally replies that he would love to.

This time, while reaffirming his commitment to the club and saying he had dreams to realise at Tottenham, he wasn't quite as convincing as usual on sticking around for the long haul, saying he's a man who doesn't look past tomorrow and the day after, which might worry some of the fanbase.

It was interesting to spend an hour or so among (well behind) Pochettino and his closest friends and the warmth between them all, particularly the manager and his coaching staff.

The comments when asked about sticking around like Ferguson may concern some supporters. However, it's clear that Pochettino has big plans for Tottenham Hotspur and he won't leave until he realises them and, unlike previous Spurs managers, in Levy he has someone who reciprocates his "love".