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Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino raised eyebrows at this week's news conference when he described midfielder Mousa Dembele as one of five geniuses he has been fortunate enough to work with in his career. The others were his former Newell's Old Boys teammate and roommate Diego Maradona, considered by many to be the greatest player in history, and Ronaldinho, Jay-Jay Okocha and Ivan de la Pena.
It was not the first time that Pochettino has described Dembele as a genius.