Tottenham left-back Danny Rose believes he has "dodged a bullet" by only being ruled out for a relatively short amount of time with a knee injury which he initially suspected was serious.
Rose suffered the injury during Spurs' 0-0 draw at Sunderland on January 31 and is yet to make his return to the team after seeing a specialist.
He told Sky Sports' Soccer AM: "Initially I thought I would be back fit by now, but I had to see a specialist a couple of weeks ago and he told me it would be three or four weeks before I'm back playing and training.
"I don't normally come off when I am playing, so for me to say I needed to come off I knew it was something serious.
"I have had a knee operation before so I was fearing the worst, but I think I've dodged a bullet.
"It's hard watching the lads. I went to the game last weekend against Stoke and had to leave after 60 minutes because it was too difficult to watch."
"The season before he [Pochettino] came to Spurs I didn't have a great season and there was a lot of talk about me moving on and I looked at that option," Rose said.
"But he came and my agent called me and said your manager wants to see you. I said I'm up north and I'll be down in a few days, he told me to get down and see him now.
"I went down, saw him and he said: 'Do you want to play for England? Well listen to everything I have to say and I will get you there.' He has been true to his word and I am grateful."
