Mauricio Pochettino promises to serenade White Hart Lane with Daniel Levy if Tottenham win FA Cup

Mauricio Pochettino has promised he and Daniel Levy will serenade a packed White Hart Lane if Tottenham Hotspur win the FA Cup after being inspired by a live performance of Ossie’s Dream.

Tottenham head coach Pochettino was taken to dinner with a host of club legends by chairman Levy on Thursday night and Ossie Ardiles treated the room to chorus of his famous 1981 FA Cup final song.

Ahead of Sunday’s FA Cup third round tie against Leicester City, Pochettino admitted it is a dream of his to lift a trophy with Spurs and duet with Levy in front of the club’s fans.

“Ossie sang in front of all of us and it was very funny,” said Pochettino. “We had all the legends there and he was singing about ‘Tottingham.’ It was funny.

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“I promised Daniel (Levy) to sing if we win a trophy, but he will be with me to sing. We will sing together. Maybe after we’ve won a trophy, we will decide what song.

“It is true, I promised I will sing, but he will need to sing with me. In the stadium, in front of our supporters.”

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The 1981 FA Cup success that involved Ardiles and Ricky Villa, who scored a famous goal in the final replay against Manchester City, helped Pochettino understand the worldwide appeal of the competition.

“It got a lot of attention,” said Pochettino. “Always when someone from your country wins the trophy, like they did, it gets a lot of attention at home. I have many dreams but one, why not, is to win trophies.

“First we need to set a strong basis and philosophy, but it’s true our dream is to lift trophies and achieve important things for the club. This is one of our motivations.”

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The legends dinner was the idea of Levy and Pochettino believes Tottenham’s current era of players and staff can learn a lot from the past.

“It was a pleasure to meet all the legends,” said Pochettino. “It was a fantastic idea from Daniel. A lot of names were there – Ossie was next to me, Micky Hazard, Pat Jennings, Tony Galvin.

“I think it was good that they feel an important part of the history and the present of the club and I think to feel that history is very important for us. It was a lovely night to share with them ideas and experience. Their experience can help us and help the club.

“Tottenham is a big club and, yes, it’s for that we need to hear, to listen to the people who had experience of winning trophies. That was very important and we hope that all together we can lift some trophies in the future. It’s our dream, it’s their dream.”

One player Pochettino insists wants to become a Tottenham legend is striker Harry Kane, who is being monitored by Real Madrid.

Pochettino is well aware that Kane will be on the shopping lists of some of the biggest clubs in the world, but is confident the 22-year-old will stay at White Hart Lane.

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Asked about Real’s interest in Kane, Pochettino said: “It doesn't surprise me, I think Harry Kane is one of the best strikers in Europe, or in the world.

“It would not surprise me if some big clubs are interested. But when you feel from a player like Harry the passion for the club, for the shirt, I think in football sometimes it is about business, it is about money, but for a lot of players it is about passion, heart, feeling.

“Sometimes a manager or head coach can say a ‘player is not for sale’, but the player wants to leave. There are a lot of examples of that. But in this case, the good thing is that Tottenham don't want to sell him and Harry Kane wants to stay with us.”

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