Tottenham manager desperate to refresh squad amid falling points totals and work out how to improve results on bad days.
Mauricio Pochettino is back in Barcelona – the city he calls home – and he is waiting. The Tottenham manager is waiting to see whether the chairman, Daniel Levy, and the club's recruitment staff can deliver on any of his transfer targets, who include Tanguy Ndombélé, Donny van de Beek, Nicolò Zaniolo and Ryan Sessegnon.
Pochettino has made it plain he wants to refresh at Spurs and a part of that means introducing new players for the first time since January 2018. There has even been the subtext that he would consider his position if Levy were to disappoint him.
It will be transfers that dominate the news agenda in the coming weeks and it is noticeable how Spurs have targeted young talent with the potential to grow. It is the trend across the board in the Premier League and, moreover, Pochettino might like to admit that his squad is not such a young one any more.