Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino has compared former Super Eagles skipper Jay-Jay Okocha to Diego Maradona and Ronaldinho as he was praising Mousa Dembele.<br /><br />Former Argentina international Pochettino has first-hand knowledge of what Okocha can do because they played together at Paris Saint-Germain for two seasons, before the Nigerian joined Bolton Wanderers.<br /><br />&ldquo;I always say to him, &lsquo;Mousa, when I write my book, you will be one of my genius players that I have been lucky enough to meet,&rsquo;&rdquo; Pochettino said. <br /><br />&ldquo;One was Maradona; also Ronaldinho, Okocha and Iv&aacute;n de la Pe&ntilde;a &ndash; he was a genius, too &ndash; and then Mousa. <br /><br />&ldquo;We always tell Mousa that if we had taken him at 18 or 19, he would have become one of the best players in the world.&rdquo;<br /><br />Mauricio Pochettino assisted Argentina goalkeeper Pablo Cavallero to post a shutout when the South American powerhouse faced Okocha and Nigeria at the 2002 World Cup.<br /><br />Igho Kingsley <br />