Tottenham Hotspur right-back Serge Aurier suspects that his team-mate Moussa Sissoko might be tweaking Mauricio Pochettino's instructions when he passes them on for comic effect.

The right-back has settled in quickly since his £24m summer move from PSG and has been alternating on the right with Kieran Trippier. The Ivory Coast international feels his integration has been good but there's still some way to go.

"I'm still finding my feet here, still getting into the rhythm of the team but I really couldn't be happier.

"It's true that it wasn't difficult for me to settle in because I knew some of the players before I arrived, so that helped with my integration and perhaps it was a little quicker than normal," he said in the club's matchday programme.

Moussa Sissoko and Serge Aurier are close friends

One player who Aurier is close to is Sissoko, a friendship which was forged years ago.

"Moussa is someone who has helped me a lot since I've been here. I'd already played with him at Toulouse a few years ago, we were very close there and fate brought us together again here, so I was really happy when I arrived and he was here waiting," explained Aurier.

"It's not just Moussa - Hugo Lloris has also helped me to settle in, as well as the other French speakers in the changing room like the Belgian guys. They've all made that process so much quicker."

Serge Aurier and Moussa Sissoko during their Toulouse days

Aurier added that while most of his team-mates have been passing on Pochettino's instructions correctly, he joked that Sissoko may have been changing them slightly.

"When I don't understand something, for example, they come and tell me what the coach wants from me if I haven't completely understood," he said.

"With Hugo it's perhaps a bit more about the serious instructions, whereas Moussa tends to joke a lot more and sometimes I get the impression that he's not telling me the exact truth, but I'm still very thankful to him!"