Pochettino is generally against doing business in the January transfer window and he said he will not push for any transfers, in or out, simply because of the current “storm” around the side.

“I never was keen on January and I will not change now because it is a tough period or tough few games,” he said. “A situation can arise in December or January and you need to take some decisions, but we are not going to force anything.”

The Tottenham manager added that he has told his players that they need to find answers to their current problems now and not wait until the window.

“Now is not a point to talk about January, refreshing the team. Now is about trying to find solutions because we need to win tomorrow and we need to win after tomorrow.

“We cannot think ‘OK, we forget now and in January we are going to fix the problem.’ My opinion is that when you take decisions in the summer, you need to be responsible and then you need to find the way to make that work. I am not talking about January with anyone. I told the players: for me, January is too far away.”