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Tottenham should celebrate Champions League qualification - Pochettino

Mauricio Pochettino said there should be more of a sense of celebration at Tottenham Hotspur after they secured a Champions League place for the third successive season.

Spurs are guaranteed a top-four finish ahead of their final match against Leicester City on Sunday.

And, although Pochettino is keen to keep leading the club forward and to end the 10-year trophy drought, he believes it is worth pausing to enjoy this season's accomplishments properly.

"After four years, we never celebrate," Pochettino said at a news conference. "I am going to celebrate with my people. I want to celebrate with my staff because I think, for us, it's a massive achievement -- of course not enough because we want to win titles.

"I think it's not the only thing in football to win titles, but after winning in every single [other] aspect, I think this club and these players and this group of people working here deserve to celebrate some trophies."

Pochettino said he had "an unbelievable party" at Southampton when they finished eighth in 2013-14 and that it may be time for Tottenham to do so as well.

But the problem with celebrating, he said, is that Spurs expect to be more successful.

"It's a little bit strange that always the feeling is not great," Pochettino said. "I remember we finished fifth in the first season ... better than in the previous season when we finished sixth. Fifth is OK, but it's not enough. The second season we finished third, but we lost the possibility to win the league against Chelsea with the draw. Then we lost against Southampton and Newcastle, 5-1, and the feeling was so bad.

"Last season, we finished second, but it wasn't enough because we didn't win the league. This season again, despite playing at Wembley and many things from the beginning, still there's some [feeling] where it's 'Yes, but no, but the team needs to win some titles.'"

Pochettino is as sure as he can be at this moment that he will be in charge for Tottenham's quest for glory next campaign.

"Today it is 100 percent because I still have a three-year contract here," he said. "But tomorrow, I don't know what's going to happen.

"I think there's no point talking about that. Only you know in football everything can happen, and no one is sure in their job. But I still have a three-year contract."

Tottenham's consistency in qualifying for the Champions League is commendable, given their net spend since Pochettino took charge in summer 2014 is just £50 million -- less than Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion, who have just been relegated.

Pochettino is not expecting much to change on the financial front when the summer transfer window opens.

"Another is what we're doing, to create players like Harry Kane, Dele Alli," he said. "When we arrived here, [the aim] was to be focused on providing the team with discipline, creating a philosophy to provide the platform to be competitive, and then to work with the resources that the club provides.

"It's not about money, but of course, if you can deliver that job, the chairman is so happy, because to be in the top four spending the same money as clubs that will be spending next season in the Championship [is good]. I think we're in a position, a club like Tottenham, where we maybe cannot spend money like a few clubs. But we can provide very good salaries and can spend good money, and it's a very attractive club for some players."

Spurs will once again be without Harry Winks (ankle) against Leicester on Sunday, and his fellow central midfielders Mousa Dembele (ankle), Eric Dier (illness) and Victor Wanyama (thigh) will be assessed, along with right-backs Kieran Trippier (knee) and Serge Aurier (hamstring).

"There is many temptations to give the possibilities to many players that don't play consistently during the season," Pochettino said. "But at the same time, it is in our hands to finish third.

"I think Juan Foyth deserves to play and he is doing fantastic, and I will repeat that, so maybe, I am thinking, maybe it is not crazy to see a player like him or Kyle Walker-Peters in the starting XI."