The 54-year-old coach – who is currently in charge of the US national side – managed the London club from 2014 to 2019 and he won’t rule out a return to the troubled side in future.

Asked if he’d go back to Tottenham, he told FourFourTwo magazine: “Yes, why not? If the right conditions are there, of course. Tottenham feels like home to us.

“We identify with the club’s idiosyncrasies, values and supporters.”

Pochettino was sacked just five months after Spurs lost to Liverpool in the Champions League Final and he admitted he felt very “disappointed” by how things played out.

He said: “It was almost six years of work in which I wasn’t just a coach.

“I’d arrive with my staff at 7am and leave at 10pm, often alongside Daniel Levy.

“We’d walk out asking ourselves how we could improve this or that.

“Our life was Tottenham, but that level of intensity also contributed to how it ended.

“I felt disappointed, of course, but I understand that for him it was also a difficult decision to make.”

The coach believes his time at Spurs should be viewed as a “huge success”, even if he didn’t manage to bring home any trophies.

He said: “It hurts [not winning silverware] because of the expectations and the momentum that built around us.

“However, when we first spoke with Levy about the project, the plan was to equip the club with the best facilities in the world.

“At the same time, we wanted to build a team capable of challenging the biggest clubs in England within five years.

“Because we were so far ahead in the sporting process compared to the infrastructure side, huge expectations were created – and perhaps not enough value was given to what we actually achieved.

“For a period of time, having a new stadium was more important than winning a title – the club’s financial focus was on that.

“Even so, we delivered strong results.

“In my view, those years should be spoken about as a huge success.”