Tottenham Hotspur duo Serge Aurier and Lucas Moura worked with Arsenal manager Unai Emery at Paris Saint-Germain.
Aurier joined Tottenham from PSG in the summer of 2017, with the North London outfit paying a transfer fee of £23 million – as reported by BBC Sport – in order to secure the services of the 25-year-old Ivory Coast international right-back.
Brazil international winger Moura, 26, moved to Spurs from PSG in January 2018 for a transfer fee reported by BBC Sport to be worth £23m.
Emery was in charge of PSG when Tottenham signed Aurier and Moura, and Pochettino has revealed that it was his good relationship with the Spaniard that saw the deals being done.
Pochettino has also said that Emery spoke highly of the right-back and the winger.
“I remember we played in the USA, in Orlando, and he talked very highly about Lucas and Serge,” Pochettino told ESPN.
“I was in contact with him [for a while beforehand]. Sometimes he asks me about some players or some teams, and us the same.
“There’s contact between the coaching staff because we have a very good relationship between our coaching staff too.”
North London derby
Both Aurier and Moura could start for Tottenham in the North London derby against Arsenal on Sunday.
Emery will know all about the two players, who will have a point to prove to their former manager.
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