Capoue was one of seven players that Baldini helped Spurs to sign

Franco Baldini’s position as Tottenham Hotspur’s technical director is coming under increasing scrutiny, with the Barclays Premier League club believed to be actively seeking a replacement for the Italian.

The 53-year-old was involved in helping to secure the arrival of Mauricio Pochettino, the former Southampton manager who signed a five-year deal to take charge at White Hart Lane on Tuesday, but that may prove to be his final contribution after less than a year in north London.

Daniel Levy, the Spurs chairman, has not enjoyed unbridled success with his technical directors — Baldini was preceded by Frank Arnesen and Damien Comolli, neither of whom is especially fondly remembered at White Hart Lane — but he remains wedded to the model of employing a head coach