Mauricio Pochettino claims the delays to Tottenham's new stadium need to make the team stronger in their ability to adapt to different circumstances in the future.

Spurs play their home Carabao Cup third-round tie against Watford at Stadium MK on Wednesday night, with their new stadium not ready and Wembley unavailable.

"I feel well because we are going to discover another place to play," said Pochettino.

"It's a very nice stadium. It is a beautiful town with an amazing stadium. It was the only option we had to play there and we will try and win the game and enjoy our evening.

"Our fans feel disappointed like us - I understand that but the players and staff are disappointed that we can't play at our new stadium."

He added: "The situation needs to make us stronger than before, and use that for the future to have the capacity to adapt in every circumstance. For me, I am positive, I want to be positive because I'm an optimistic person.

"I'm not going to blame or complain because now we're going to play Watford in Milton Keynes and it's a great opportunity."