Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou says he's not actively seeking to sell Bryan Gil or Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.

The pair have been linked with exits this month.

But Postecoglou says: "With all the players, I look at it the same way. As much as I'm steering this ship, they also have their own. I speak to players about this all the time. It's their careers and they have to do what they feel is right as well.

"From my perspective, I need a strong squad. Maybe this year without being in Europe and obviously being out of the cups, the games now are limited to between now and the end of the year.

"But if we want to get to where we want to, then I compare us to the other clubs that we want to try and challenge. They've got big squads. They've got some pretty good players not starting. I look at it every week when they make substitutions. That's where we've got to get to.

"Whether that's Bryan or Pierre who maybe feel they should be playing more, if they made a decision that 'I need to go somewhere else to play', I'm going to replace them with somebody who is going to be a good enough player to play in the Premier League but maybe won't start, because you need that.

"Pierre has played the last two games. I think he's probably played just about every game this year. He hasn't started a lot, obviously. Bryan had a couple of injury problems early in the year and probably hasn't played as much as he would want to, which I understand, but ultimately I've got to try to build a squad here that's going to challenge. That's only going to happen if I've got 20, 22, 23 players who are all of Premier League standard.

"That will mean if it's not Bryan and Pierre, it's two other players who will come in and maybe aren't playing as much, but that doesn't mean I don't rate them or don't think they're up to the standard, it's just you need a squad. We've seen it more than anyone with injuries we've had."