Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino looks forward to bringing in the players he wants

Tottenham head coach Mauricio Pochettino has insisted he has the final decision on players in and out of the club and has warned of the detrimental effects of having players he does not want.

The Argentine inherited a squad under considerable scrutiny last summer due its large cost and even larger underachievement the season prior.

A number of high-profile players including Younes Kaboul and Emmanuel Adebayor have been outcast from the squad this term and are set to leave the club in the next transfer window, and Pochettino insists Spurs will look to make better decisions on their replacements.

"I think the person who has the final decision should be me, no?" He said.

"Always the manager and the coaching staff need to deal with the player, in the changing room or on the pitch, and if the feeling is not good between us it is difficult to achieve something.

"It is very important that I agree on the players who stay here and the players who we may bring in and it is my decision. If not; if you bring in some players here and I don't know them, then maybe it is not that they are bad players but the feeling with the coaching staff or the manager is important."

Pochettino’s side have played 53 matches across all competitions this season due to their extended stay in the Europa League – arguably impacting on their league campaign – and they look likely to qualify for the tournament again this season.

But the Tottenham boss insists they will prioritise the Premier League and their hunt for a return to the top-four next term.

"If we reach the Europa League I think we need to be focused on the Premier League and try to reach the top-four – that is important,” he said.

"It is not easy. It is difficult to guess about that but I always believe that if we are clever and take the right decisions we need to believe we can reach the top-four next season. We need to be ambitious.

"This was our first experience of European football as a staff and it was good for us to have this experience – we need to use that next season."