Tottenham Hotspur are optimistic Mauricio Pochettino will sign a new contract that would make him one of the best paid managers in the Premier League and that he will be joined by a host of the club’s stars.

Pochettino, Tottenham’s two-goal hero against Chelsea Dele Alli, Harry Kane, Jan Vertonghen, Hugo Lloris, Son Heung-min Son and Christian Eriksen are all expected to recommit themselves to the club in the coming months.

Spurs took a huge step towards qualifying for the Champions League for the third successive season with a 3-1 victory over Chelsea and still have an FA Cup semi-final date against Manchester United to look forward to.

Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid are all admirers of Pochettino, but the belief currently around Tottenham is that he will sign a new contract worth around £8.5 million-a-year as long as Real do not make a big move.

That would represent a £3m increase on his current salary and place Pochettino fourth in the list of the Premier League’s highest paid managers – behind Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte, although Conte is expected to leave Chelsea this summer.