Mauricio Pochettino has ‘no problem’ with Kieran Trippier after Spurs comments

Mauricio Pochettino has played down talk of a potential rift between him and former Tottenham defender Kieran Trippier, who criticised his old club on international duty.The England right-back departed Spurs this summer for Atletico Madrid after four seasons in a transfer worth 20million and has enjoyed a strong start to life in Spain.It saw Trippier recalled to Gareth Southgates national team and he played the whole 90 minutes in Saturdays 4-0 win over Bulgaria.Ahead of the Euro 2020 qualifier, the former Burnley full-back opened up about his Tottenham exit and told reporters: I had a conversation with the manager, a meeting with the chairman to see what my future was and I didnt get the impression that they wanted to keep me.Kieran Trippier had been dropped by England boss Gareth Southgate after a difficult 2018-19 season (Nick Potts/PA)Pochettino dismissed suggestions there was any bad blood between the pair in his press conference ahead of Saturdays Premier League fixture at home to Crystal Palace.He said: I didnt see it, but I heard about it. I can explain how I feel. We had a conversation where he explained he was going to move to Atletico Madrid okay nothing more.Yesterday (Wednesday) when Harry Kane arrived back he said to me did you get Kierans text? I said no because I changed my number. Maybe because he doesnt have the new number.Because he (Trippier) believe his words were twisted I dont know nothing more. Kieran translated this message to me through Harry Kane. He wanted to tell me. But Ive got no problem with Kieran.In football decisions happen and players move from one club to another. What happened, happened and we need to move on and he needs to think of Atletico Madrid and be happy there. Theres no point to talk about if something happened or didnt happen. The reality is one reality, but who is right in all this process? Theres no point to talk. But I keep very good memories from him.During his conversation with reporters, Trippier added: Its not nice when you know the club want to sell you. I heard rumours about them selling me and its not nice but it happens and its football.Yet Pochettinos version of events are slightly different and he pointed out he had faith in the Bury-born defender, hence why he started in the Champions League final against Liverpool.Trippier candidly stated throughout the 2018-19 campaign that he struggled for form, but still played 38 times for Tottenham in all competitions.Pochettino added: After the summer he came to see me, he asked me for a meeting and said gaffer, I think I have a good possibility and for different reasons I would like to accept the offer from Atletico Madrid.We are hurting from last night but must try and see the positives from another memorable season. A huge thanks to those that travelled out to Madrid pic.twitter.com/CTeUj3aZ0A Kieran Trippier (@trippier2) June 2, 2019He didnt ask me nothing. Only communicated whether the club were going to accept the offer. Nothing more.It wasnt a conversation you want me? Or you dont want me? It was so clear. He played the final, when I had plenty of different options, with Serge Aurier, Davinson Sanchez, Kyle Walker-Peters. But he played the final. My actions talk more than my mouth.Although Trippier is no longer part of Tottenhams team, Pochettino and his coaching staff remain proud of his development.Before he moved to the club in the summer of 2015, the ex-Manchester City trainee had only played one season in the Premier League, but since has become an England regular, starred at the 2018 World Cup and shone for Spurs.Kieran Trippiers last appearance for Tottenham was in the Champions League final (Peter Byrne/PA)We signed him from Burnley when they were relegated, bought him for 4m. He was worried about whether he would play or not play I said to him dont worry we are going to provide the best platform for performance, Pochettino said.Later one and a half years he was in the starting XI, he reached the national team, played the World Cup and now hes with Atletico Madrid.We all feel proud to help him to achieve his dream and to reach a level that he wasnt there at before he arrived at Tottenham.That talks very highly about Tottenham, talks very highly about him, and we are more than happy that he is enjoying the new experience in Spain. I hope he has a good life there.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');

ga('create', 'UA-72310761-1', 'auto', {'name': 'pacontentapi'});
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'referrer', location.origin);
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension1', 'By George Sessions, PA');
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension2', '08dcb2ec-e0a7-4291-bf9e-c153b6b99e2c');
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension3', 'paservice:sport,paservice:sport:club-news,paservice:sport:football,paservice:sport:uk,paservice:sport:world');
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension6', 'story');
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension7', 'composite');
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension8', null);
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension9', 'sport:football');
ga('pacontentapi.send', 'pageview', { 'location': location.href, 'page': (location.pathname + location.search + location.hash), 'title': 'Mauricio Pochettino has \u2018no problem\u2019 with Kieran Trippier after Spurs comments'});