Mauricio Pochettino is expected to be asked to work miracles with his Tottenham Hotspur squad again next season, with a number of their Premier League rivals preparing to outspend them.

Spurs chairman Daniel Levy is ready to sanction a £30million move for midfielder Andre Gomes, who has spent the season on loan at Everton from Barcelona, while Tottenham are among a number of clubs to have made enquires about Nice right-back Youcef Atal, who would cost at least £34m.

Given Pochettino also wants to add an attacking player to his squad, Tottenham’s summer spend could easily push towards the £100m mark, particularly if the likes of Christian Eriksen, Kieran Trippier and Toby Alderweireld leave, but sources currently rate it unlikely that Spurs will make more than two or three significant signings.

Tottenham ideally also need to sign at least one English player to keep on top of Premier League and Champions League home-grown player rules, with Fulham’s Ryan Sessegnon and Jack Grealish two of their long-term targets.

Pochettino wants to bring in players who can make an immediate impact on his team and squad, so signing three players who can slot straight in may well satisfy his demands, and chairman Daniel Levy has insisted to supporters that repayments on the new £1billion stadium will not significantly impact the club’s transfer budget.

But Tottenham are likely to once again be outspent by many of their Premier League and European rivals with Manchester United ready to make big moves in the transfer market and Manchester City planning three or four new signings with progress already made on Atletico Madrid midfielder Rodri, whose buy-out clause stands at £60m.

Spurs are chasing £30m Andre Gomes, who has spent this season on loan at Everton from Barcelona credit: Getty images

Chelsea will also splash the cash if they can get their two-window transfer ban frozen or overturned, while the size of Arsenal’s budget will be determined by whether or not they qualify for the Champions League.

Liverpool are not expected to sign more than a couple of players, but they could still spend a significant sum on topping up their squad, while Wolverhampton Wanderers and Leicester City are ready to make more big moves in the summer market.

Tottenham did not spend any money in the last two transfer windows, in which they did not sign a single player, and Pochettino has admitted the club need to think big in the summer to keep competing at the top end of the Premier League and in the Champions League.

A quick glance at the substitutes’ bench for Tuesday night’s Champions League semi-final against Ajax showed how Spurs have been punching well above their weight under Pochettino.

There was not a single attacking player for Pochettino to call on and 18-year-old Oliver Skipp, along with young defender Kyle Walker-Peters, were among the seven substitutes. With his team trailing, the Spurs manager had to send on Ben Davies and Juan Foyth late on, as he did not have any other options.

The lack of movement in or out has meant Tottenham’s squad is starting to age and there is a feeling that it may have reached its peak, but this summer is expected to be one of evolution rather than revolution.

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Gomes is a specialist central midfielder, who would make up for the January loss of Mousa Dembele, while Atal’s versatility will appeal to Pochettino. The Algerian is predominantly a right-back, but last weekend scored a hat-trick from the left of midfield.

Spurs have lost 12 Premier League games this season, but remain third in the table and will look to turn around a one-goal deficit in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final against Ajax next week.

Despite being out-played by Ajax for the first half-an-hour on Tuesday night, Spurs were far more dangerous in the second period after some choice half-time words from manager Pochettino, who insisted the tie is still open.

“The first half we gave too much space,” said Lucas Moura. “The coach said that in the changing room.

“The second half was much, much better. We put our intensity up, we were aggressive. But we need to enjoy this opportunity. Because against a team like Ajax, if we don’t score, it’s complicated. But it’s still open, it’s not finished. I think we can go there, we can do a good game and we can win.

“They are so strong, we knew that. They have young players and they have so much personality to play, in possession so good. We cannot give space to them. We need to do like we did in the second half.

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“There were raised voices at half time, you know Mauricio. He loves to touch our minds and to motivate, he is so good at this. That’s why we changed in the second half and we played much, much better.

“But it’s a very good game, two good teams that have the opportunity to go to the final. We need to believe and go there and fight.”

Moussa Sissoko added: “I believe we will go to Amsterdam and come back with qualification because I know the quality of this team.

“We might not ever come this close to a Champions League final again, so that motivates and inspires us. We’ve been written off before and proved people wrong and we can do so again.

“We have proven it a lot of times this season. We’ve had plenty of injuries, but we still won some games and we still played some good games. That means we have a strong team and a lot of character.

“I believe we will go there and we will score goals, look what happened against Man City. At 1-0, a lot of things can happen. If we don’t believe we can win over there, we may as well stay in London.”