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Mauricio Pochettino said on Wednesday that his Tottenham Hotspur side is focused on playing Besiktas in the Europa League despite their game against his former club Southampton in the league this weekend. The Argentine called The Saints the best team in the English Premier League at present.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Mauricio Pochettino, Tottenham Hotspur manager:

"Yes now we are focused on tomorrow, on Besiktas. We will put the best team out to try to get the three points and after we will start to think about Southampton. Ahead we have two tough games, against Besiktas because they are unbeaten in the league in Turkey and Arsenal suffered a lot to go through to the next round in the Champions League. And afterwards, Southampton. I think they are the best team at the moment, in this moment the best team. A very tough game we have ahead."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Mauricio Pochettino, Tottenham Hotspur manager (asked if Tottenham are aiming to qualify for the Champions League as Europa League winners):

"Today it's impossible to guess that. We are at the beginning of the season. We are in the beginning of the Premier League, we are at the beginning of the group of the Europa League, I think all competitions are tough competitions, Europa League and Premier League. At the moment though it is unpredictable to say we will go to the Champions League this way or another way."