Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino admits he'd like to make January signings.

Pochettino warned that the purse strings will need to be loosened in January if his side is to continue to challenge at the top.

"In football you always need to think you can improve and you need to try to improve your squad," he said.

"If you say to me we were so clever because we didn't sign anyone, and now after nine games it's the best ever start in Premier League for the club, I'm not going to be that type of person who is going to say 'yes we are geniuses'.

"We wanted to sign people. But the circumstances arrived, and it's the best start in the Premier League for Tottenham.

"Maybe it's a coincidence, or maybe it's because we are geniuses. But in January we are going to try to sign players.

"Today we can say 'well done' but if you ask me if I'm happy, yes I'm happy with the result but I think you cannot play with destiny, you need to build the team properly.

"We need as a club in January to try to refresh the squad to move the club on."