Los Blancos president Florentino Perez is already looking at who could replace Zinedine Zidane, despite the Frenchman leading the club to the Champions League in his first season in charge.
And Pochettino is understood to be the Bernabeu side’s first choice, with the former Espanyol coach believed keen to take up the reins at an European giant.
Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy already knows of Madrid’s interest in the Argentine and is ready for a battle to keep his manager, who signed a new five-year contract earlier this summer.
