{"id":353538,"date":"2017-09-14T16:14:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T16:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=353538"},"modified":"2017-11-10T11:57:23","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T11:57:23","slug":"mauricio-pochettinos-call-prompted-tottenham-move-llorente","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/mauricio-pochettinos-call-prompted-tottenham-move-llorente\/","title":{"rendered":"Mauricio Pochettino’s call prompted Tottenham move – Llorente"},"content":{"rendered":"
Fernando Llorente says he joined Tottenham over Chelsea after a last-minute call from Mauricio Pochettino on Deadline Day.<\/p>\n
The Spanish striker had been a reported target for Chelsea head coach Antonio Conte after the pair worked together at Juventus, but joined Tottenham after Pochettino convinced him of the club’s ambition.<\/p>\n
Llorente made his first appearance for Tottenham on Wednesday night after coming on as an 87th-minute substitute in the\u00a03-1 win over Dortmund.<\/p>\n
“The truth is that Chelsea have been after me for a long time but at the end you know how this works. At the very last minute Pochettino called me and convinced me [to join Tottenham],” said the 32-year-old.<\/p>\n