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Mauricio Pochettino does not believe Dele Alli requires another contract to ward off football’s giant clubs, has given a hint towards Tom Carroll’s future and delivered an update on wonderkid Marcus Edwards.

The Tottenham Hotspur boss was talking to the press ahead of his team’s game against West Bromwich Albion at White Hart Lane on Saturday afternoon.

Alli has been linked with many of Europe’s big clubs thanks to his tremendous recent form, which included scoring twice in three consecutive games and then coming off the bench to help turn the FA Cup tie against Aston Villa on Sunday.

Some have suggested that Spurs are about to break the bank to keep the talented 20-year-old, who has scored more than the likes of Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and Paul Scholes had at that age.

However, Pochettino denied that Alli needs another deal, having only signed on in September and that he is loving life at Tottenham.

Football.London revealed last week that Edwards, dubbed ‘Mini Messi’ by those around the club, had not recovered from his ankle injury picked up in October last year and had also recently had his tonsils removed.

His manager had some good news on the 18-year-old starlet though and spoke briefly about the future of Carroll, who has featured just twice for Spurs in the EFL Cup games.

Here are some of the key quotes on a range of topics from Pochettino from the press conference:

Dele Alli’s form

Dele is performing well, scoring a lot of goals and helping the team to achieve his objective. We’re talking a lot about him in last few weeks but it’s fair because he’s showing fantastic and great performances every time he has a chance to play.

No new contract to ward off clubs

It’s not a moment now to talk about that. He’s happy. We cannot extend every few months a contract and improve the salary.

I don’t like to talk about rumours. What’s important is that he’s happy, he’s natural and he’s performing well and that’s the most important thing.

Marcus Edwards’ recovery

It’s always up to the player. He’s still recovering but he’s very close to starting to train with the team again.

Tom Carroll

There’s a lot of rumours. Maybe Tom is not playing and not too much involved with team. We’ll see what happens but today it’s only rumours.

On having a player not wanting to play for him like Payet at West Ham

No, no, no. In my career, it’s never happened to me. It’s not my business. I cannot give you an opinion. What happens at West Ham is West Ham’s problem.

Happy with the squad

I think we’re building a squad where we can play in different shapes, different formations and that’s important for us. We’re in moment now where we can be flexible.

During the game against Aston Villa we changed our formation in the last 20 minutes, that is important and I’m happy with my squad, yes.

The threat of West Brom

It will be a difficult game. If you saw the games West Brom played against Chelsea or Arsenal, they were very well organised. We expect a very tough game and it’s certain they will make it very difficult for us.

They will put us in a very difficult situation without space to play -- it will be difficult to find space to create a lot of chances.

But we have time to work and we will see what happens. We are focussed and we know we need to play then it’s about delivery and finding that space on the pitch to create lots of chances. In PL, it’s always tough to find that space to create.

Lamela's recovery in Rome

Every day we have information. He’s doing well. We cannot push too much because it’s about the time that he can recover in.

Maybe he has one week more there and then back to London and try to see which level he’s at and try to build his level and his fitness to try to help the team as soon as possible.