Mauricio Pochettino speaks on Saturday’s Champions League final

Mauricio Pochettino has said fans may see a repeat of the tears he shed after the team’s Champions League semi-final win over Ajax if they beat Liverpool to win the competition.

Tottenham will face the men from Merseyside at Madrid’s Wanda Metropolitano on 1st of June in the first all-English final since 2008, as Pochettino seeks to land his first trophy as a manager.

The Argentine broke down in front of TV cameras minutes after Spurs’ last-gasp win in Amsterdam earlier in May, a result that set up a first-ever final appearance in Europe’s top competition.

A hat-trick from Brazilian midfielder Lucas Moura saw Tottenham turn around a three-goal deficit in the Johan Cruyff Arena in the semi-final, with the deciding goal coming in the sixth minute of stoppage time.

And the 47-year-old says that if his team defy the odds one final time and win the competition, he will be reduced to tears again – and this time they could last for a week.

Meanwhile, speculation has followed the manager all season that he could be lured away to one of Spurs’ rivals.

The two teams with who he has been most closely linked – Manchester United and Real Madrid – have both made permanent managerial appointments in recent months.