Tottenham fullback Danny Rose says Mauricio Pochettino deserves to be linked with Manchester United and Real Madrid.

Despite having not signed a single player in the summer transfer window, the Argentine guided Spurs into the last-16 of the Champions League this week, edging out Italian giants Inter Milan.

And Rose believes Pochettino deserves to be headhunted by the likes of United and Real.

"It's no coincidence that every day you read Real Madrid want him or United want him," Rose told the Guardian.

"It's exactly what he deserves. What he has done here in the last four or five years has been amazing. He has transformed how others think of us outside the club and he has transformed how we think of ourselves and how we approach big games.

"The belief he gives everybody is just amazing. For example, Kyle Walker-Peters made a mistake in Barcelona but it will not affect what the manager thinks of him. He will stick with Kyle no matter what. That's the sort of man he is: once you win his trust it will take an awful lot to break that. He has been amazing for myself and this club, and we hope he is here for a very long time."