Mauricio Pochettino has said he is "very confident" Tottenham will move to their new £850million stadium before Christmas following conversations with the club's chairman, Daniel Levy.

Spurs will play their next two home league games and all three Champions League group games at Wembley – their temporary home for last season – and they host Watford in Wednesday's Carabao Cup third-round match at Stadium MK, 50 miles outside London.

Their new 62,062-seat stadium was due to open for the 2-1 defeat to Liverpool on September 15 before issues with the 'critical safety systems' – believed to be the fire and safety alarms – delayed the project indefinitely.

The club – which must complete two successful test events at the ground before earning a safety certificate from the Football Association – has said the stadium could be ready by the end of October but they continue to wait for updates from project managers Mace.

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Wednesday marks exactly 500 days since Spurs' final game at White Hart Lane and Pochettino hopes the club will be back in the area before the end of 2018.

He said on Tuesday: "I am confident. This year. I am confident this year. I had some private conversation with Daniel – no not private Jesus [Perez, Spurs assistant manager] was there! I think they are confident. They are working hard to try they are working hard to try to find the solution. I hope before the year, before Christmas, we can play. That's my wish.

"It will be a big big boost for everyone. [Levy and me] have conversations every day. He called me this morning before training and yesterday we took a coffee here at the restaurant. Yes, it's tough!

"Sometimes he tells me, sometimes he opens the conversation about the stadium, sometimes I open the conversation and say "Daniel, how is the stadium?" and sometimes it's tough to explain. But yes we hope and we heard before, I am very confident before the year. I hope that after that comment Daniel doesn't kill me tomorrow: why you put this expectation on me? He's going to kill me!"