Kieran Trippier asked me if he could leave, reveals Mauricio Pochettino

With Kieran Trippier recently suggesting in an interview that both Mauricio Pochettino and Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy kept him in the dark, it has seen Pochettino come out with a reply. The 29-year-old right-back left for Atletico Madrid during the summer window and has since revealed that he had no idea if the club wanted to keep him or sell him, with Pochettino and Levy not talking to him about anything.

After his interview, reports indicate that Trippier tried to clear the air with Pochettino but was unable to get in touch with his former manager. He then reportedly asked Harry Kane to tell the Spurs boss that his words were taken out of context and that he meant something else entirely.

“We signed him from Burnley for £4m when they were relegated and I told him: ‘Don’t worry, we are going to provide you with the best platform to perform.’ And one and a half years later, he was in the starting XI, he reached the national team, played the World Cup and now he’s with Atlético Madrid – when he was in the second division when we signed him.

"One and a half years later, he was in the starting XI, he reached the national team, played the World Cup and now he’s with Atlético Madrid. He played the final of the Champions League when I had plenty of different options – Serge Aurier, Davinson Sánchez, Kyle Walker-Peters. But he played the final. My actions talk more than my mouth,” concluded the Argentine.