Premier League manager Mauricio Pochettino is still unhappy with the club's lack of activity on the transfer market this summer and he has made his feelings known publicly. On Tuesday the Spurs defeated Real Madrid 1-0 in a friendly match, but that doesn't change the fact that Tottenham have signed just two players since January 2018. Their only signing of the summer was that of Tanguy Ndombele, who joined from Lyon for a club record fee of 53.8 million pounds.
"I need to repeat in the past few press conferences what I told your colleagues in England," Mauricio Pochettino told journalists in the news conference following the friendly match against the Blancos. "I am not in charge and I know nothing about the situation of my players. I am only coaching them and trying to get the best from them. These type of things will happen or not happen. Sell, buy players, sign contract, not sign contract. I think it is not in my hands, it's in the club's hands and in Daniel Levy's. At the moment I am managing the team the best way possible.The club need to change my title and description, no? My job now is to coach the team. It's not a question for me, it's a question for the club and maybe they change my title and description. Today, I feel like I am the coach."
Asked if he should have more say in transfers, Mauricio Pochettino added: "It's difficult to talk like this but I think it's not in my hands. Only I describe the situation of what happens and I think it's important for the players and people to know that I am going to be, like I told you before, that I will be happy with the squad that the club are going to provide to me. Of course we will give our best."
Tottenham finished fourth last season and they are currently 16/1 at William Hill to win the Premier League title next season.
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