Mauricio Pochettino claims Chinese money has “broken” the transfer market, but is confident it will not turn the heads of any of his Tottenham Hotspur players.

Tottenham chalked up their sixth successive Premier League victory to maintain pressure on leaders Chelsea, who were without top scorer Diego Costa at Leicester City.

Costa was last week involved in a row with a Chelsea fitness coach and head coach Antonio Conte, having received a £30 million-a-year offer from China.

Pochettino has no such problems and is not worried about Harry Kane, who netted a hat-trick in this victory, or any of his other stars being distracted by the riches on offer in the Chinese Super League. Pochettino said: “It’s crazy money, it looks like they broke the market. If it’s true, it’s unbelievable but we will see what happens.”

Pochettino insisted he did not know of any Chinese offers for key players such as Kane, Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen, who also scored with a deflected strike on Saturday, but claimed Tottenham have developed a bond that would be tough to break with any amount of money.