What was Behind Tottenham not signing a player in the last two transfer windows

Revealed: Why Tottenham did not sign any player in the last two transfer windows

Tottenham Hotspur did sign players in the last two consecutive transfer windows .

Daily Mail’s senior football writer Melissa Reddy has explained why Mauricio Pochettino did not sign players into the club.

Revealed: Why Tottenham did not sign any player in the last two transfer windows

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Spurs break the English record by not signing any player and Rendy feels the paramount reason for that was the Argentine’s love for a small squad that is easy to unite and manage. Despite not making additions, Spurs sit third on the log three points above fourth-placed Manchester United.

“That Tottenham squad is still not deep enough, and that’s partly Pochettino’s fault. It’s very easy to blame everything on Levy, but Poch is very particular about who he buys, how big his squad is, he’s obsessed with having a small squad, because he thinks it engenders unity, cohesion, and that’s him, not Daniel Levy. Spurs cannot spend the money City spend, but they can spend money, and they haven’t in the last two summers when they could have. And that’s down to Pochettino.” Rendy told The Sunday Supplement.

Incredible job?

The football expert though feels the former Southampton boss has done an incredible job at Spurs especially after leading the club to three successive top-four finishes since taking over in 2014.

“Pochettino’s done an amazing job at Tottenham, there’s obviously the asterisk about the trophy, but when you see who they’ve competed against in finals and semi-finals, Chelsea and Manchester United, those are teams that are stronger than Tottenham and have greater resources than Tottenham. They are not teams you automatically beat in the hunt for silverware.”

“What he’s done in his five years there has made people put Tottenham on that level. Their net-spend is £30m. That’s staggering. The issue is, Manchester City and Liverpool will get stronger by virtue of the quality they already have and what they can attract by the way they play. Spurs don’t have the wage bill to compete with those clubs. How does Pochettino continue to exceed expectations under these limitations?” she concluded.

Pochettino is yet to win a trophy though.

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