Mauricio Pochettino has provided an insight over what happened when he went to dinner with the Tottenham Hotspur squad.
The Argentine revealed last week that head and his coaching staff had been invited for a meal by the players it what he described as a show of support from the squad - rather than to say goodbye.
Exactly what happened during the meal had been kept under wraps until Pochettino spoke to the media ahead of Sunday's clash against Premier League leaders Liverpool at Anfield.
Whilst the Spurs boss is not expecting the dinner will result gaining revenge over the Reds following last season's Champions League loss, he does believe the squad will benefit in the long term.
"It was very good, very nice, it was very kind of them to invite the coaching staff and different people that help the team. It was so nice, of course busy," Pochettino said during his pre-match press conference.
"We spent a few hours there but nice to be together and to see each other in different environment always helps achieve a positive dynamic. You cannot measure how much it will help, 20 per cent, 30 per cent.
"In the dynamic of the group, this team bonding, for different players or the new players, makes the group stronger. It's not the same, here on the training ground it's a routine, when you go away from the training ground it’s a different type of relationship and it can help on the pitch.
"When we work on team bonding it is to generate something between us in the group to help us to perform and fight to help your team-mates because you know them better.
"These things are always a positive and never a negative.
"On our table we were talking about football, 90% of the conversation. For them it was nice to talk in a different way and to see each other, how you dress when you go to the restaurant.
"That doesn't mean we will go to Anfield and beat them 5-0 because were in the restaurant all together, but medium to long-term it will help a lot.
"To be honest, I have paid for a lot of dinners and lunch in five and a half years. In that moment when the results are not the results that everyone expects, especially after last season, it was nice of them [to invite me] and that is why I am so grateful and everybody is grateful."
