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Tottenham boss Pochettino holds no Trippier grudge

Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino holds no grudge against Kieran Trippier after his departure this week.

The England fullback has left for Atletico Madrid.

"For sure, for sure," said Pochettino, speaking in Singapore ahead of Tottenham's friendly against Juventus on Sunday. "You know very much when you touch glory you behave differently or you feel different or the players feel different and the challenge becomes different.

"It's like Kieran [Trippier] explained to me in private and to the media in Madrid that he loved to be at Tottenham and work with us but at 28, 29, sometimes a player needs to discover need things and new challenges.

"That's inside yourself and it's only you who knows how you feel - it's not about agreeing or disagreeing, it's about accepting how you feel. You are an individual, you have individual challenges and you have to accept if all the parts are happy."

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