article_snippet: Mauricio Pochettino beat off competition from Frank de Boer to take up the reins at White Hart Lane .
article_snippet: Current White Hart Lane boss Mauricio Pochettino approached me in the same way Tottenham and Liverpool did this year, wanting to hold exploratory talks first.'
highlights_snippet: Current White Hart Lane boss Mauricio Pochettino pipped Frank de Boer to the post .
  
highlights_snippet: Current White Hart Lane boss Mauricio Pochettino also previously made an approach, according to Frank de Boer .