Mauricio Pochettino has brought his Tottenham Hotspur players crashing back to earth by telling them the victory over Manchester United was not good enough and insisting there would be no charm offensive for anybody who hoped to leave.

Spurs travel to Watford on the back of three successive Premier League victories, the latest of which was a 3-0 success at Old Trafford, but Pochettino’s mood was anything but buoyant on Friday.

Toby Alderweireld, Danny Rose and Mousa Dembele, who were all expected to leave this summer, played against United but Pochettino refused to offer any assurances over their long-term futures.

Dembele will have six months remaining on his contract when the transfer window reopens in January, while Alderweireld’s deal contains a £25 million release clause, and Rose put his position in doubt last summer by admitting he wanted to return north one day.

With the foreign transfer window now shut, all three will stay until at least January. Pochettino was frustrated with questions about the trio, but made it clear it is up to them whether they commit themselves past then and not up to him to make up their minds.