Harry Redknapp has said that he’s heard the club have suggested some new signings for Mauricio Pochettino, but he has said that he doesn’t think the manager wants anyone.
Much has been made of Spurs’ lack of transfer activity since the absences of Harry Kane, Dele Alli, and Son Heung-min decimated his squad earlier this month, but former manager Redknapp believes that the Argentine is content with his current playing staff.
Speaking on talkSPORT, he said: “I don’t think Poch wants anyone.
“He’s not been desperate. People tell me they [the club] have come up with players but he likes a small squad and he’s happy. He feels like he’s got players there who can come in.
“Harry Kane is irreplaceable, obviously, but he’s lost very key players, you take three players like that out of any team…
“You would have still thought there is enough cover there to pick up a couple of more results, though.
“It’s difficult to replace people – where are you going to find a top class player who is going to come in for just four and five weeks, but when Harry Kane is back fit you’ll be on the bench? It’s very difficult to find somebody.”
OPINION
It seems mad that Spurs wouldn’t want to bring in some kind of reinforcement for their squad this month, given their injury problems and how far behind they are in the title race, but there’s probably a lot of truth in Redknapp’s comments. Aside from anything else, it would be difficult for the club to bring in the kind of player who could make a real difference to their ambitions of silverware midseason, and any signing would likely be made at an inflated cost. Pochettino was completely unfazed by his side’s lack of business over the summer, and while that may be coming back to bite him a little now with his side stretched so thin, it does suggest that he is a manager who likes to work with a streamlined, close knit group. If that works for him then fine, but the worry in north London will be that it doesn’t really appear to be working too well at the moment, and isn’t a sustained recipe for success.