Tottenham defender Jan Vertonghen admits he's fed-up with his bit-part role under manager Mauricio Pochettino. The Belgian international has started only six of Spurs' 11 Premier League matches so far this season.

"I want to play every game but this manager, (Mauricio) Pochettino, has a different approach, he likes to give everyone the time to play and settle in," said Vertonghen, reports the Daily Mail.

"Hopefully one day I can play 60 games a season again, but at the moment, that is not the case.

"My season has been ups and downs like Tottenham itself. I started the season with an injury after the World Cup. I came into the team in the second or third game and then I got dropped again.

"Compared to the other two seasons at Spurs, we now have similar quality centre-backs," he continued. "Kaboul is now fit and he is our captain. They bought Fazio and he is an Argentina international and (Vlad) Chiriches is the Romanian captain."



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