“I would selfishly like to keep it with me all the time, take it on vacation, have it at home,” the technician answered with a smile when asked about the role he could play in keeping the star, out of contract, at the club.
"We would like to keep him for a long time, the club would be delighted, it's obvious that everyone thinks it would be important for him to stay," added Pochettino.
"But it's the decision of the player, the club and different parties," explained the manager.
The Argentinian also assured that the noise around the Mbappé question does not "disturb him as a coach, in any case. We must show understanding, this happens in all clubs, it is neither the first nor the last time it happens at a club. We adapt to all the personal contractual situations of the players".
Mbappé, at the end of the contract in June, is free.
He could notably join Real Madrid.
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