Mauricio Pochettino says he will only consider this season a success if Tottenham win a trophy, insisting that another top-four finish will not be enough to satisfy him.

Spurs have finished in the top four for the past four seasons under the Argentine, who is yet to win silverware as a manager, but they remain without a trophy in over a decade, since the 2008 League Cup.

"A good season for us? My personal feeling is that starting my sixth season I need to lift a trophy: Carabao Cup, FA Cup, Premier League or Champions League," Pochettino said on the eve of Tottenham’s Premier League opener at home to Aston Villa.

"I am not saying "it is time" but it's like my dog – he’s growing up. He’s just not quite mature enough. I don’t want to put pressure on the team or the club.

"But if you ask me personally, this season is not about finishing in the top four to be successful – although of course maybe for the club finishing in the top four matters. But for me, it is about winning some titles – the Carabao Cup, the FA Cup, the Premier League of the Champions League."

Pochettino has previously suggested the FA and Carabao Cups are not "real trophies" and said that winning them would change nothing at Tottenham.

In an indication that he would change his approach to the domestic cups, Pochettino said Spurs' run to the Champions League Final has given him a taste for silverware.

"After last season’s Final, to be again in the top four and reach the semi-final of the Carabao Cup, it is like, ‘Come on! You are always there but you cannot touch the glory'," he said. "That is a personal [opinion] – me. My personal target, objective, aim to be successful this season is to lift a trophy.

"Of course [I am more hungry] after the final in Madrid," he continued. "I was talking to Jesus and saying, ‘We need to prepare ourselves be ready to play to have more influence’."

Tottenham squad 2019-20 | Injuries, contracts and squad numbers 27 show all Tottenham squad 2019-20 | Injuries, contracts and squad numbers 1/27 We run you through Tottenham's squad for the 2019-20 season... Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty I 2/27 Hugo Lloris Squad Number: 1



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2022 AFP/Getty Images 3/27 Toby Alderweireld Squad Number: 4



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2023 REUTERS 4/27 Jan Vertonghen Squad Number: 5



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2020 Getty Images 5/27 Davinson Sanchez Squad Number: 6



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2024 Getty Images 6/27 Heung-min Son Squad Number: 7



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2023 EPA 7/27 Harry Winks Squad Number: 8



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2024 Getty Images 8/27 Harry Kane Squad Number: 10



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2024 Getty Images 9/27 Erik Lamela Squad Number: 11



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2022 REUTERS 10/27 Eric Dier Squad Number: 15



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2021 Action Images via Reuters 11/27 Kyle Walker-Peters Squad Number: 16



Condition: Fit (On loan at Southampton)



Contract expires: 30/06/2023 Action Images via Reuters 12/27 Moussa Sissoko Squad Number: 17



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2023 Getty Images 13/27 Giovani Lo Celso Squad Number: 18



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2024 Getty Images 14/27 Ryan Sessegnon Squad Number: 19



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2025 Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty I 15/27 Dele Alli Squad Number: 20



Condition: Hamstring (In contention)



Contract expires: 30/06/2024 AFP/Getty Images 16/27 Juan Foyth Squad Number: 21



Condition: Knee injury (ruled out)



Contract expires: 30/06/2022 Getty Images 17/27 Paulo Gazzaniga Squad Number: 22



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2022 Getty Images 18/27 Steven Bergwijn Squad Number: 23



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2025 REUTERS 19/27 Serge Aurier Squad Number: 24



Condition: Fit (on compassionate leave)



Contract expires: 30/06/2022 Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty I 20/27 Lucas Moura Squad Number: 27



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2024 Action Images via Reuters 21/27 Tanguy Ndombele Squad Number: 28



Condition: Knee injury (ruled out)



Contract expires: 30/06/2025 Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty Images 22/27 Gedson Fernandes Squad Number: 30



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: On loan until summer 2021 Getty Images 23/27 Ben Davies Squad Number: 33



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2024 Getty Images 24/27 Oliver Skipp Squad Number: 52



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2021 Action Images via Reuters 25/27 Troy Parrott Squad Number: 52



Condition: Fit (lacking match fitness)



Contract expires: 30/06/2023 Getty Images 26/27 Danny Rose Squad Number: 3



Condition: Fit (On loan at Newcastle)



Contract expires: 30/06/2021 REUTERS 27/27 Japhet Tanganga Squad Number: 39



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2021 Getty Images/Tottenham Hotspur FC 1/27 We run you through Tottenham's squad for the 2019-20 season... Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty I 2/27 Hugo Lloris Squad Number: 1



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2022 AFP/Getty Images 3/27 Toby Alderweireld Squad Number: 4



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2023 REUTERS 4/27 Jan Vertonghen Squad Number: 5



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2020 Getty Images 5/27 Davinson Sanchez Squad Number: 6



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2024 Getty Images 6/27 Heung-min Son Squad Number: 7



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2023 EPA 7/27 Harry Winks Squad Number: 8



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2024 Getty Images 8/27 Harry Kane Squad Number: 10



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2024 Getty Images 9/27 Erik Lamela Squad Number: 11



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2022 REUTERS 10/27 Eric Dier Squad Number: 15



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2021 Action Images via Reuters 11/27 Kyle Walker-Peters Squad Number: 16



Condition: Fit (On loan at Southampton)



Contract expires: 30/06/2023 Action Images via Reuters 12/27 Moussa Sissoko Squad Number: 17



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2023 Getty Images 13/27 Giovani Lo Celso Squad Number: 18



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2024 Getty Images 14/27 Ryan Sessegnon Squad Number: 19



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2025 Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty I 15/27 Dele Alli Squad Number: 20



Condition: Hamstring (In contention)



Contract expires: 30/06/2024 AFP/Getty Images 16/27 Juan Foyth Squad Number: 21



Condition: Knee injury (ruled out)



Contract expires: 30/06/2022 Getty Images 17/27 Paulo Gazzaniga Squad Number: 22



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2022 Getty Images 18/27 Steven Bergwijn Squad Number: 23



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2025 REUTERS 19/27 Serge Aurier Squad Number: 24



Condition: Fit (on compassionate leave)



Contract expires: 30/06/2022 Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty I 20/27 Lucas Moura Squad Number: 27



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2024 Action Images via Reuters 21/27 Tanguy Ndombele Squad Number: 28



Condition: Knee injury (ruled out)



Contract expires: 30/06/2025 Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty Images 22/27 Gedson Fernandes Squad Number: 30



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: On loan until summer 2021 Getty Images 23/27 Ben Davies Squad Number: 33



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2024 Getty Images 24/27 Oliver Skipp Squad Number: 52



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2021 Action Images via Reuters 25/27 Troy Parrott Squad Number: 52



Condition: Fit (lacking match fitness)



Contract expires: 30/06/2023 Getty Images 26/27 Danny Rose Squad Number: 3



Condition: Fit (On loan at Newcastle)



Contract expires: 30/06/2021 REUTERS 27/27 Japhet Tanganga Squad Number: 39



Condition: Fit



Contract expires: 30/06/2021 Getty Images/Tottenham Hotspur FC

After not making a single new signing last summer, Spurs broke their transfer record with the £63million capture of Tanguy Ndombele in July, while the deadline-day signings of Giovani Lo Celso and Ryan Sessegnon could eventually cost over £70m.

Pochettino admitted there was more pressure on the club now that they have dusted off the chequebook but hopes it will spur his players to silverware.

"In the last five years we didn't invest too much money if you compare with our contenders," he said.

"But now the perception is that we invest a lot of money. I am more than happy because the pressure is always welcome because we need the pressure to give our best. Before we created our own pressure but now it is maybe better to feel that we are a top club investing money and is compulsory to win some trophies, no?"

Pochettino has said England left-back Danny Rose is "a very important part of my plans" – a message at odds with the decision to leave the 29-year-old off the pre-season tour of Asian in order to give him time to find a new club.

Continuing a theme from pre-season, Pochettino said the club, and not him, was in charge of the future of his players.

"In between the club, the player and the agent, things can happen," he said, when asked about Rose. "I am going to coach the players. I don’t know what is going on between the club to take some decisions.

"I am not involved in negotiations or in deals with the player and the agent. I don’t have an agent, I don’t deal with agents, I don’t deal with money. I don’t deal with anything related to that."

Rose and Christian Eriksen are among the players who could still leave Spurs for a European club before the end of the month and, asked if he had spoken to them about their situations, Pochettino said: "Of course, of course. I have my relationship with them and it is excellent with all the players.

"Of course, it’s not a problem. My relationship with all the players, not only with one or another who have five years or one year. My relationship is OK. They know clearly and the agents know how they need to proceed for different things with the club."