“It’s obviously very nice [of Mourinho] and that’s the position [center back] I see myself playing. That’s where I see my future.
”I was happy to be able to play [on Sunday], obviously very nice of the manager speaking that way about me. Obviously the most important thing is the team to win games and we haven’t done that.”
”I have always been very politically correct on the subject because of many different reasons but I’ve come to a… It’s been something that isn’t new for me. The old manager knew where I stood for a long time about position and centre-back is where I see my future and I think where I can be the best I can be.
”With Pochettino, I started to play there this season, in the two games before he left, and I’m happy I got the chance to play there under Mourinho.
Dier was signed by Pochettino as a young central defender, and his first season with Spurs he split his time between there and right back. It wasn’t until the preseason before the 2015-16 season that Pochettino and Spurs started experimenting with playing him farther up the pitch in midfield, a position in which he was comfortable dropping deep into the back line to defend as needed. ”