Mauricio Pochettino has revealed that he wants to manage the England national team.

Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy says he wants Pochettino to stay at Spurs and be their Alex Ferguson, even though he admits that the club won’t spend big on the transfer market because of the costs of building the new stadium.

In a sensational new book, serialised in The Mail on Sunday today, Pochettino says: ‘If I were to move into international management one day, I’d relish the opportunity to coach the England national team.

Mauricio Pochettino has revealed he would love the chance to manage England one day

'I’ve heard that I’ve been considered for the job before, but I don’t know if there was any truth in it. I’d be reunited with loads of familiar faces.

‘Of the last 21 England debutants, 17 have played under me.’

However, A Brave New World, a diary of last season, reveals the strength of the relationship between Pochettino and Levy, which includes the manager being given a Bentley car by his chairman. Levy also says Pochettino is his best appointment, but he adds that the manager knows he can’t spend big on new players.

‘We haven’t really discussed the money that is available,’ says Levy.

‘Mauricio is very aware that firstly we have got a huge capital project [Tottenham’s new stadium] that we are embarking upon. It’s unlikely that we can improve our starting XI without spending a huge sum of money and actually I don’t think that I or Mauricio want to be in that model.

‘If we make a £60million investment in a player... if we make a mistake, it’s very costly.’

Daniel Levy insists he has spoken to Mauricio Pochettino who is aware money will be tight