Tottenham midfielder Moussa Sissoko is proud to be playing for manager Mauricio Pochettino.

Pochettino has secured Tottenham's place as a major force in English football and contender for Champions League football since joining from Southampton in 2014.

“We have very good relations," Sissoko told Foot Mercato. “When I signed this summer, we both talked. He talks to me a lot. As this is a new system, another way to play, he explains how to play, what he expects of me. For me he is a very good coach.

“We see what he has managed to do in the past with Espanyol, and after that Southampton and Tottenham. That is really something extraordinary. It is true that his work requires a lot of intensity in the game, but it pays off. In view of the results, what he does is good."