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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

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Llorente was one of four summer signings made by Mauricio Pochettino<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

“The Tottenham project is impressive. They have done very well in the last few years and I think I fit very well with this project. I think I can help them a lot.<\/p>\n

“I’m very happy because at the end everything came out perfect. Tottenham are an amazing club with a wonderful project and I think I fit in very well. I want to put my contribution on it and hopefully I can score many goals to help the club to achieve their targets.<\/p>\n

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“Pochettino was someone very important, without doubt. I knew him from when I was in Spain. There, in what is a nice story, I made my debut against him [for Athletic Bilbao against Espanyol] at San Mames. He was at the end of his career and I was at the start of mine.<\/p>\n

“Later, he was manager of Espanyol and I was an Athletic player, and we competed against each other various other times. Now I’m at his service for Spurs, and I really want to give him my best.”<\/p>\n

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Source: Sky Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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