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Tottenham Hotspur Links: Mauricio Pochettino and Daniel Levy Will Sing if Spurs Win a Trophy

By Alexander Balano

Tottenham Hotspur Chairman Daniel Levy during a visit to the Qatar's ASPIRE Academy. // March 13, 2012 -- Picture by Vinod Divakaran of Doha Stadium Plus Qatar
Tottenham Hotspur Chairman Daniel Levy during a visit to the Qatar's ASPIRE Academy. // March 13, 2012 -- Picture by Vinod Divakaran of Doha Stadium Plus Qatar /
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Here’s what’s on the latest Tottenham Hotspur Links.

Today will be another all-Spurs related Tottenham Hotspur Links. That’s right, meaning all of these stories involves the Lilywhites only. The first article is about Daniel Levy and Mauricio Pochettino. The Argentine manager has decided that if Tottenham win a trophy this season, then he and Levy will sing a duet in front of all the supporters at White Hart Lane. This could either be great and funny or awkward and cringe worthy.

And finally, Eric Dier, Harry Kane and Dele Alli all spoke about their upcoming FA Cup third round tie on Tottenham’s official site. They each described different aspects that they’re looking forward to. For Dier, it’s a chance to go on another long cup run. Kane, it’s being able to finally get that elusive 50th goal for Spurs as well as his first FA Cup goal for the club. And Alli, he’s making sure that he, as well as the rest of the team, takes these next two games one game at a time. Let’s get to the links below.

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Following an evening dinner event with club legends from the 1981 FA Cup winning team: Ossie Ardiles, Tony Galvin, Micky Hazard, Pat Jennings and Graham Roberts among others ahead of Tottenham’s FA Cup third round tie on Sunday (January 10), Mauricio Pochettino had promised that a duet with Spurs’ chairman Daniel Levy would happen if Tottenham win a trophy this season.

“I promised Daniel last night to sing together if we win a title,” Pochettino said.

“What song? I don’t know, maybe after we decide. It is true I promised I would sing in front of, I don’t know who, but he needs to sing with me. Maybe in the stadium, yes OK why not? In front of our supporters.”

This event was more than seeing a part of Tottenham’s club history and making a promise with Spurs supporters though. It was also a way to bring together the different generations of Tottenham’s past with the present. To even possibly get some learning experience from some greats who have worn Lilywhite and have won the FA Cup on numerous occasions.

“It was a pleasure to meet them all, a fantastic idea from Daniel and the club. They are an important part of the history and the present of the club. It was a great idea from Daniel to explain the present project of the club and to feel the history is very important for us.”

“It was a lovely night to share with them ideas and their experience can help take the club the right way. They can be involved and that can be very important.”

“It was a fantastic idea, a lovely night to share and talk about football. I learned the passion that people have and how people identify with the badge. I think it was important to feel this love for the club.”

Even though a long cup run this season should have happened in the League Cup, that’s in the past now. The only other cup competition for Tottenham is the FA Cup and Eric Dier is hoping that last season’s magnificent run to the League Cup finals, with Spurs coming up short, will help guide them this season on another cup run.

The kind of experience which was gained from last term will prove useful to help this young up-and-coming squad to further cement themselves as one of the top Premier League clubs to watch out for and no longer overlook in the future.

“Cup competitions are great!” Dier said.

“It would be great to go on a cup run again – the Capital One Cup was great last year and obviously we were disappointed to lose in the final, but it was an unbelievable experience for all of us.”

“I think those experiences are helping us now and hopefully they’ll help for the occasions that we’ll face in the next month.”

That elusive 50th goal for Harry Kane isn’t actually bothering him, but he does know that if he’s able to put it away, then he can finally focus much more easily. It’s a minor nuisance if anything. But then again, this is something that plagued him earlier in the season.

There were talks that after having a great rookie season, a sophomore slump was expected to happen. And for the first nine Premier League games a slump — or rather forcing the issue was what had happened, because Kane only netted once and that was in Tottenham’s 4-1 win over Manchester City.

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Of course, looking back on it now it wasn’t necessarily a sophomore slump. Instead it could be chalked up to simply trying too hard to silence the critics of his ability early in the year. Which he did. Now, with 49 goals scored for Spurs, it’s come back again — the monkey on his back.

“Hopefully it (the 50th goal) will come as soon as possible, at the weekend would be nice!” said Kane.

“It’s gone so quickly, playing 100 games and 49 goals. It will be a great achievement but I’ll then want to get 100, 150 and so on. There is still a long way to go.”

Interestingly enough, out of Harry Kane’s 31-goal season last term, the England international didn’t score in the FA Cup. In fact, Kane has yet to score in the FA Cup as a member of Tottenham, but has done so while on loan with Millwall against Dagenham & Redbridge on January 2012. So perhaps the English striker can knock out two accomplishments with one goal tomorrow against Leicester City.

Clichés are a part of life as people use these sayings to help them form their mentalities when tackling on certain obstacles in front of them. In sports, it’s all too common to hear and most times people tend to tune them out because it’s been said thousands of times. But in all honesty, what else can be said that hasn’t already been mentioned before?

Dele Alli isn’t wrong, let alone any other athlete or coach who says these lines, because it’s true. Taking one game at a time is the best way to go about things. Especially when you’re confident in your abilities and you want to stay grounded by not getting too carried away. Or, put out disparaging remarks that will bite you in the back.

“As a team we’re confident against whoever we play,” said Alli.

“We want to win every game we play so first we’ll focus on the FA Cup on Sunday and then the Premier League next week.”

“We played really well against Everton last week but there were a few things we have to improve from that game and we’ve worked on that this week. We’re in good form and everyone is working hard.”

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That hard work which has been seen throughout the first half this season, and has paid off thus far, will be Tottenham’s driving force to close out the second half of the 2015-16 Premier League season.

And for a team who has been one of the pleasant surprises this term — as well as one of the best teams right now in Leicester City — Dele Alli appreciates the work that the Foxes have put in but is still hoping for two wins for Spurs, obviously.

“Leicester are a great team and they’ve surprised a few people this season, full credit to them,” Dele Alli added. “The players all work hard for each other, just like us.”

“These will be interesting games – hopefully we’ll manage to get two wins.”