Ossie Ardiles has warned Tottenham replacing Tim Sherwood will not solve their problems.

Sherwood is widely expected to lose his job this summer, despite only being appointed in December, having failed to guide Spurs to a top-four finish.

Ardiles, however, insists it is the players who are letting the club down, not the manager, with the White Hart Lane hero claiming the majority of last summer’s signings are simply not up to it.

The likes of Roberto Soldado, Erik Lamela and Etienne Capoue have all struggled in their debut season in north London.

Speaking on the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast, Ardiles said: “When we started this season we were full of optimism, but somehow it has been a very disappointing season.

“I believe that the players we have bought in this season have been the problem. They are not performing the way we expected. I don’t want to name names, but basically all the people we have bought. This is a serious, serious problem.

“At the end of the day, whoever the manager is, AVB earlier in the season and later on Tim, there is not a lot you can do with the kind of players we have right now. Whoever comes in, or if Tim stays, he has to make a big rebuilding of the team.”