Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino believes Mousa Dembele has the touch of a "genius".
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Pochettino also claims that had his Belgian midfielder worked under him as a teenager, he would now be one of the best players in the world.
He said: “He has started to work very hard, we are very happy with him.
“I always say, 'Mousa, when I write my book I will say you are one of the genius players I have been lucky to meet'.
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“They are Maradona, Ronaldinho, Jay-Jay Okocha, Ivan de la Pena and Mousa Dembele. We've always told him that if we had taken him at 18 or 19-years-old, he would have become one of the best players in the world."
Source: tribalfootball.com