Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino says the club are open to signing players this month.

Spurs have recently loss stars Harry Kane and Dele Alli to injury and Heung-min Son to Asian Cup duty.

And Pochettino is desperate for the club to find replacements.

Asked about Alli's injury, Pochettino said: "Now we need to be positive, like with Harry Kane. We're going to miss him for a long period, in one of the worst moments because we have busy fixtures ahead. For us the squad is so important and it's a good opportunity for other players to step up.

"Moussa Sissoko and Lucas [Moura] are in contention for tomorrow. [Victor] Wanyama, we'll see if it's possible for [him to play in] the FA Cup [at Crystal Palace] at the weekend. It's very good news.

"It's so clear. I'm so open to improving the squad and adding players, with Harry Kane and Dele Alli fit or not fit.

"It's so important to have a clear message to everyone: I was always open. I was open in the summer, I'm open now, but the different thing is the reality and it's difficult for us to add players that can help us or improve our squad.

"It's not that now because we suffer some injuries we're going to change our strategy. It's so clear. Always we were so open to finding the right profile and the right players to arrive and improve us. But we're working. We'll see what happens until the end. But we were always open to improving the squad.

"It's going to be difficult, as I told you in the past. If it was difficult in the summer, because in the end we had the squad full – we didn't have space to sign players because we didn't sell players – now of course it's difficult too. This transfer window is always the most difficult transfer window and you know very well, there are not too many transfers [in January], with a lot of loans.

"It's difficult to find the right players for all the clubs. Of course we're Tottenham and to find the right profile to help us I think is going to be difficult. But we're trying, we're trying to deliver something."