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Mauricio Pochettino has said he would like to link up with Lionel Messi at Argentinian outfit Newell's Old Boys in the future.
Both men have history at the club: Pochettino graduated from the youth ranks and played for the club's senior side between 1989 and 1994 before joining Espanyol.
Messi, meanwhile, started his youth career with Newell's before joining Barcelona's famed La Masia academy in 2001.
Messi, 32, has previously said that it is his "dream" to one day return to the Rosario-based club to play.
Pochettino, who has been without a job since being sacked by Tottenham Hotspur in November, has now said he would welcome the chance to work with his fellow Argentinian, per Radio del Plata (h/t Chris Burton of Goal):
"I want to return to Newell's with Messi.