Tottenham transfer news: Mauricio Pochettino unlikely to be given January funds, warns Danny Rose ‘The manager did not make any signings in the summer and he is probably not going to make any signings in January’

Danny Rose admits that his manager Mauricio Pochettino is unlikely to be handed funds to make signings in the January transfer window, despite leading Tottenham Hotspur into the knockout stages of the Champions League and maintaining the club in the Premier League title race without spending a penny in the summer.

Pochettino has somehow managed to keep pace in the league with Liverpool and Manchester City, who invested more than £200 million on transfers between them, and Tottenham’s draw away to Barcelona on Tuesday night secured an unlikely second place finish in their Champions League group, eliminating Inter Milan.

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It has been a bone of contention for many associated with Tottenham that Pochettino was not backed in preseason to build on his outstanding development of the club. But with a packed fixture list of league and cup games due in the New Year, Rose predicts that their greatest ever start to the Premier League season and progression in Europe will still not prompt chairman Daniel Levy to buy vital additions.

“It’s no secret all the teams have spent a lot more than what we have,” Rose said. “The manager did not make any signings in the summer and he is probably not going to make any signings in January.” He added: “For him to do what he has done and what he is doing now speaks volumes of him. It’s no coincidence big teams are being linked with him. We hope he stays for a really long time.”

‘What he has done is amazing’

The defender believes Pochettino deserves to be repeatedly named as a potential candidate to take charge of clubs such as Manchester United and Real Madrid, as has often been the case in the last couple of years. Pochettino’s achievements in north London, and at Southampton before that, have marked him out as one of the leading managers in the world and he is younger than many of his peers.

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“It’s no coincidence every day you read Real Madrid want him or United want him,” Rose said. “It’s exactly what he deserves. What he has done here in the last four or five years has been amazing. Not only for myself but the club.

“He has transformed how others think of us outside the club and he has transformed how we think of ourselves and how we approach big games. The belief he gives everybody is just amazing.”