Tottenham Hotspur will face CSKA Moscow in the Champions League this evening.
Former Chelsea and Celtic midfielder Craig Burley has suggested to ESPN that Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino will not want to play in the Europa League this season.
Tottenham will take on CSKA at the Wembley Stadium in London in Champions League Group E on Wednesday evening.
The Premier League outfit are third in the group at the moment with four points from five matches.
Spurs will not qualify for the last 16 of Europe’s premier club competition this season, but the North London side can still drop to the Europa League.
Former Chelsea and Celtic midfielder Burley has suggested that Tottenham manager Pochettino will not want to be in the Europa League.
The former Scotland international has also referred to Pochettino’s controversial team selection against AS Monaco in their last Champions League match which they lost 2-1.
Kyle Walker, Jan Vertonghen and Christian Eriksen started the game against Monaco away from home on the substitutes’ bench.
“If Pochettino didn’t want to be in the Champions League and that’s the way it seemed, he sure as hell wouldn’t want to be in the Europa League because then he will be crying on a Thursday and a Sunday when he is playing about not having a big enough squad and injuries,” Burley told ESPN.
Tottenham will take on Manchester United away from home at Old Trafford in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon.
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