Mauricio Pochettino believes his former club Tottenham Hotspur are title contenders for the Premier League title this season.
Spurs are top on the log on 26 points after 10 games and are yet to taste defeat in the league.
The North London club last won the English topflight in the 1960/61 season which was their second title.
Speaking to the press ahead of his first return to the Tottenham Hotspur stadium on Monday after he was sacked in 2019, Pochettino backed his former side as contenders.
“Yes [I think they are title contenders] even though it is very early in the season,” he was quoted on Daily Mail. “They have very good players and a very good team.”
The 51-year-old Argentine said he so happy for Spurs current manager Ange Postecoglou following his great start to the season.
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“I’m so happy for him and the club to be doing really well. We cannot forget all that happened there. It’s normal that we are very positive and grateful people.
“When people are doing well at the club I have been at, we keep these links and always we are happy when the club do well.”
On what he made of Chelsea’s situation compared to Spurs and whether they were ‘underdogs’ heading into Monday night, he replied: “We are in a different project and situation, we are building for the future. Maybe we struggle a little in the beginning.
“Maybe we deserve more because of our performance but we are still so young. We are in a different situation. No doubt in the future Chelsea will be in the same situation they were.”
