Maurico Pochettino will not leave the future of himself or his staff in the hands of an agent as Tottenham Hotspur bid to keep their in-demand head coach past his current contract.

Premier title-chasing Spurs want to extend Pochettino’s current deal, which still has over three years to run, with interest building in the Argentine from home and abroad.

Pochettino has admirers at Tottenham’s opponents this weekend Manchester United, where former Spurs secretary John Alexander works, and has also been touted as a future candidate for the Barcelona and Real Madrid posts.

Despite being talked into answering “yes” to the question of whether he wants to sign a new Tottenham deal, Pochettino made it clear he is in no rush to tie himself down and often danced around the subject.