Tottenham will try to offload as many as nine players this summer, who cost the club in total £90million.

Four of the players were bought in the summer of 2013 with the money from the £86m sale of Gareth Bale and include Roberto Soldado, who was signed for a then club record fee of £26m.

Also on the list are Younes Kaboul, who started the season as captain but has not started a Premier League match since November, and Emmanuel Adebayor, who still has a year left on his £100,000-a-week deal.

Vlad Chiriches, Younes Kaboul, Etienne Capoue, Paulinho, Mousa Dembele and Aaron Lennon are all surplus to requirements. The future of Benjamin Stambouli is also unclear, even though the French midfielder joined the club only last summer.

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino aims to finalise his summer transfer plans when he meets key staff shortly after the club’s final game of the season against Everton.

But he already has a clear idea of the players he is willing to lose and will communicate this to chairman Daniel Levy. Paul Mitchell, the club’s head of recruitment and analysis, will also have a significant role to play during the close season. Pochettino will seek to sit down with Mitchell, Levy and other senior figures in the final week of May, although Tottenham leave the country soon after the match at Everton on May 24. They have games in Kuala Lumpur and Sydney on May 27 and May 30 respectively and Pochettino is keen to have his project set in stone as soon as he can.

Tottenham players for sale this summer 4 show all Tottenham players for sale this summer 1/4 Paulinho Same story: an international player signed for a large fee (£17million) who has failed to match expectations, and who Tottenham will struggle to move on. The 26-year-old is wanted by former club Corinthians and by Italian and Spanish clubs, but who will pay the asking price? Again, a loan move looks a likely option. Tottenham Hotspur's Brazilian midfielder Paulinho (R) bears down on the ball but fails to get their before Partizan Belgrade's Serbian goalkeeper Milan Lukac (L) during the UEFA Europa League group C football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Partizan B 2/4 Mousa Dembele Has shown flashes of quality this season but has rarely been able to match the form of the 2012-13 campaign, his first at White Hart Lane, when the Belgian was one of Tottenham’s best players. The talent is clearly there. Perhaps it requires a fresh start to be able to shine again. GETTY 3/4 Roberto Soldado Signed for £26million in the summer of 2013, Soldado was supposed to be the prolific centre-forward Tottenham have lacked for many seasons. He has been a huge disappointment, with only seven goals in 47 league appearances for the club. Soldado turns 30 in May and Tottenham are likely to have to take a significant loss on the Spain international. 4/4 Benjamin Stambouli The Frenchman was brought to Spurs when they realised they would be unable to sign Morgan Schneiderlin from Southampton last summer. He has shown some promise when given a chance but has not been picked in recent weeks and perhaps lacks the dynamism to shine in Pochettino’s high-pressing, high-tempo style. 1/4 Paulinho Same story: an international player signed for a large fee (£17million) who has failed to match expectations, and who Tottenham will struggle to move on. The 26-year-old is wanted by former club Corinthians and by Italian and Spanish clubs, but who will pay the asking price? Again, a loan move looks a likely option. Tottenham Hotspur's Brazilian midfielder Paulinho (R) bears down on the ball but fails to get their before Partizan Belgrade's Serbian goalkeeper Milan Lukac (L) during the UEFA Europa League group C football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Partizan B 2/4 Mousa Dembele Has shown flashes of quality this season but has rarely been able to match the form of the 2012-13 campaign, his first at White Hart Lane, when the Belgian was one of Tottenham’s best players. The talent is clearly there. Perhaps it requires a fresh start to be able to shine again. GETTY 3/4 Roberto Soldado Signed for £26million in the summer of 2013, Soldado was supposed to be the prolific centre-forward Tottenham have lacked for many seasons. He has been a huge disappointment, with only seven goals in 47 league appearances for the club. Soldado turns 30 in May and Tottenham are likely to have to take a significant loss on the Spain international. 4/4 Benjamin Stambouli The Frenchman was brought to Spurs when they realised they would be unable to sign Morgan Schneiderlin from Southampton last summer. He has shown some promise when given a chance but has not been picked in recent weeks and perhaps lacks the dynamism to shine in Pochettino’s high-pressing, high-tempo style.

Pochettino wants a wide forward, a centre-half and a central midfielder — just as when he took charge in May 2014. It also promises to be yet another busy off-season for Levy.

At Southampton, Mitchell played no part in contract negotiations. With Franco Baldini, Spurs’ technical director, thought to be in a vulnerable position, the task of haggling with players coming in and out of Spurs will again fall to the chairman.