Mauricio Pochettino has held talks with chairman Daniel Levy over his Tottenham Hotspur future as players at the club brace themselves for a managerial change.

Telegraph Sport last week revealed that Pochettino is heading towards the point of no return at Spurs and it is understood he discussed his position with Levy last week during the international break.

And players who have been away with their countries have been exchanging messages about their manager’s future amid heightened talk that the clock is ticking on his Tottenham reign.

Under the terms of his contract, Levy would have to pay around £12.5million to sack Pochettino unless the pair could come to a mutual agreement over his exit.

The Argentine suggested he could quit ahead of last season’s Champions League final, but the circumstances of doing so now following Tottenham’s poor start to the season would be very different.