Danny Rose's Tottenham future might be up in the air but the England left-back says he is still on a high after manager Mauricio Pochettino picked him to play in Monday night’s 3-0 win at Manchester United.

It was Rose’s first appearance of the season, despite being told he can leave for a European club before Friday’s deadline. The 28-year-old turned down a move to German club Schalke earlier this month, while he is admired by Paris Saint-Germain coach Thomas Tuchel, although the Ligue 1 champions’ Financial Fair Play limbo is likely to prevent a bid.

Rose said: “I’m good. I’m not listening to the speculation about my future. If I’m here past Friday, which I’m expecting to be, it will be great. I’m looking forward to seeing what we can achieve at the end of the season.

“Me and the manager have had a conversation [about my future] over the phone, as well as two one-hour meetings over the last couple of weeks. We’re both aware of the situation.”

Despite the ongoing speculation, Rose says he is focused this week on keeping his place for Sunday’s match at Watford, who, like Spurs, have a 100 per cent record from their first three games.

And he thanked Pochettino for starting him at Old Trafford while his future remains uncertain, describing it as “the biggest thing” the Spurs manager has ever done for him.

“On Sunday, I was nervous to see if I was going to be in the squad [for United] and I really didn’t see myself playing,” Rose told Standard Sport.

“I was so shocked in the meeting before we arrived [at Old Trafford]. I thought there was going to be a change but never did I think that it was going to be me coming in. I’m over the moon that I was able to be part of it.

“It was nothing to do with my fitness. I just felt that we won last week, had a very good performance.

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“I just thought the manager would have stuck with the back line that played the last few games. It was a surprise and I’d like to think it’s one that’s paid off. Now we forget about Monday and me, Ben [Davies] and Kyle Walker-Peters go again and try to push each other to play on Sunday.

“Monday night was massive for me, even though there is speculation. [Pochettino] still trusts and believes in me to put me into such a massive game, where he didn’t need to change anything. For me, over the last four or five years we’ve worked together, Monday is probably the biggest thing he has done for me.

“I have to thank him because it would have been easy for him not to play me given the speculation. If I’m called upon, I’m going to give everything, like I did on Monday. If I play again, I hope to have a better first half than I had.”

In June, Rose revealed he had suffered from depression while sidelined with a long-term knee injury last season but he has now recovered and is looking forward to a fresh start.

He said: “It’s a new season, it’s a new year. The manager has spoken to us all a couple of weeks ago and said everybody starts from zero. We all have to start again trying to impress him and that’s great. We all go again. We push and fight for each other to ultimately bring something to this club at the end of the season.”

Tottenham youngsters Luke Amos, Oliver Skipp and Timothy Eyoma have signed new contracts to keep them at the club until 2021. Amos and Skipp impressed during Spurs’s pre-season matches in the US.