Manchester United legend Sir Alex Ferguson and Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino were spotted meeting for lunch in Mayfair on Tuesday.
Photographers caught the pair outside Scott’s Restaurant ahead of Tottenham’s game against Newcastle United this weekend as Spurs look to end the season in second place.
Jesus Perez, Tottenham’s assistant head coach, was also at the meeting in London.
Louis van Gaal seems set to lose his job this summer and these snaps caused a fuss on social media, with claims that Ferguson could be trying to convince Pochettino to leave north London.
According to Daily Mail the lunch was arranged because there is mutual admiration from both sides. Tottenham were also aware of the not-so-secret meeting.
Ferguson is known to admire Pochettino, who recently revealed he has a verbal agreement in place to stay with Spurs until 2021.
Tottenham missed out on the title this season but it has been claimed that Ferguson considers the Argentinian coach the best in the division.
Labour MP for Tottenham, David Lammy, told The Spurs Show previously: ‘I’m going to let you into a secret.
‘About six weeks ago, I sat next to Sir Alex Ferguson at a dinner in support of grass-roots football abroad. He said to me, “I think you guys have got the best manager in the Premier League”.
‘Alex Ferguson said that.’
Ferguson himself said previously: ‘Well, the manager [Pochettino] has been fantastic.
‘They have a bad record of managers, there is no doubt about that. They have had so many over the years, but this lad has composure.
‘You never see him ruffled and the way his team play is a testimony to the work he is doing.’
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