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Ex-Spurs boss Venables: Pochettino should be in charge of transfers

Former Tottenham boss Terry Venables has questioned the transfer policy at his old club.

Venables feels manager Mauricio Pochettino should have control of all market work.

He wrote in the Independent: "I like the look of Pochettino, but I do worry for him. For the simple reason that he does not control all the transfers coming in and out at White Hart Lane. If you can't do that as a manager, then what else have you got? Mauricio Pochettino Mauricio Pochettino should have more power in transfer dealings.

"The manager has to rely on the players who come in. But I look at the signings at Spurs - Benjamin Stambouli, Federico Fazio, Ben Davies and Michel Vorm - and Pochettino has barely used them. So I wonder whether he chose them, or if they came more from technical director Franco Baldini.

"Once Tottenham chose Pochettino, they have got to give him a chance to go for what he wants. He has to have complete autonomy over all football matters. Because he is going to be the one getting the sack if the side isn't performing."

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