Mauricio Pochettino believes clubs competing in the Europa League need to be given a little bit of help.

Spurs travel to Azerbaijan for Thursday's Europa League clash with Qarabag which will burden them with 12 hours of flying to and from the far eastern Europe nation.

Pochettino's side will then have to get ready for Sunday's Premier League meeting with Chelsea with two days less preparation than the Blues, prompting the Argentine to suggest perhaps there should be some leeway for those having to travel late in the week for fixtures.

"To be fair, you need to compete in every competition with the same conditions as the opponent," he told Sky Sports News HQ.

"I am not complaining. I only want to translate our feeling. I only want to bring attention to the conditions, that it's not fair to have two days less recovery than the opponent.

"My question is; why not be attentive and careful to try to help the team who needs to compete in Europe? It's difficult because we need to manage a lot of things. We need to be clinical in how we assess our players because the jetlag is very important.

"Why not play on the Monday, or 4pm on Sunday, instead of 12pm? It's not much of a gap but in four hours you can rest a little bit more, you can sleep and recover after the long flight.

"Chelsea has two days more to recover. They play Tuesday, we play Thursday, and I think Jose Mourinho will agree that he has a little advantage to prepare for the game. But it's not an excuse not to compete on Sunday and try to win the game."

He added: "In the future, the Premier League needs to give us more help and be more careful for them.

"I think next season, maybe we need to be careful, with better communication, and get help from the Premier League when the team plays in the Europa League."