Tottenham coach Mauricio Pochettino will only sign quality players, new stadium name revealed

Former captain Ledley King believes Mauricio Pochettino is taking the right approach to transfers despite Tottenham failing to sign anyone so far this summer. Tottenham are the only club in last season’s top six yet to add to their squad ahead of the new campaign. But King is unworried by the lack of transfer business and expects Pochettino to act shrewdly in the next fortnight before the transfer window slams shut.

“Obviously everyone else is adding to their squads and I’m sure the manager is looking,” King said.”But he will only bring in the right players for the right prices and I think that’s important.We need people who are really going to make an impact in the squad. If not, then we don’t need to buy.I think the consistency of the [current] squad is one of our strengths at the moment,” King added.This is a group of players that have been together for the last three or four years under the same manager. They understand each other really well and I do believe that is one of the strengths in our squad.”

Spurs have announced that their new ground will be known as ‘Tottenham Hotspur Stadium’. The stadium’s branding will feature an acknowledgement of the club’s north London location. Mauricio Pochettino’s squad played their home games at Wembley last season, while the new ground was being constructed at White Hart Lane.

“Further nods to our history can be found throughout the stadium, with club mottos adorning the elevations of the building along with our distinguished cockerel crest cast in concrete around the stadium perimeter. Inside, you will find feature bars such as The Shelf and The White Hart, as well as the polished concrete floors made from crushed aggregate taken from our beloved former home, White Hart Lane.”

A first-half onslaught from Lucas Moura and Fernando Llorente gave Spurs a 4-1 win over Roma in San Diego. Having trailed inside four minutes to Patrik Shick’s composed finish, Spurs never looked back in their first game of the International Champions Cup once Llorente responded by heading in from close-range (9).

He then completed a rapid turnaround by turning in Lucas Moura’s rebound from close-range (18), before the impressive Brazilian took control for himself.

Lucas ghosted in between the Roma defence to nod Serge Aurier’s cross beyond Antonio Mirante (28) before doubling his money a minute before the break, taking a touch before blasting a left-footed effort into the far corner from 12 yards. The Lucas-inspired first-half looked a million miles away when Shick put Roma in front with the game barely started, profiting from some hesitant Spurs defending before dragging the ball back from Ben Davies and firing it beyond a helpless Michel Vorm.

 

That fast start soon fizzled out when a cross from Luke Amos took a wicked deflection off Lucas Pellegrini, before landing on the head of Llorente, who had a simple task to nod in from six yards. Spurs never looked back – and took the lead nine minutes later when the game saw its first glimpse of Lucas, who turned an Eriksen cross goalwards and when Mirante parried, Llorente was presented with another chance he could not miss.

Pochettino’s side continued their recovery by adding a third when from the latest of a succession of corners, Moura found himself between Kostas Manolas and Juan Jesus to add a header of his own from Aurier’s cross.Mauricio Pochettino feels the absence of several World Cup stars puts Tottenham at a “massive disadvantage” during their preparations for the new Premier League season.

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