Former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger believes Tottenham can handle their stadium upgrade.

Blame for Arsenal's slump was partly levelled at the fact that he had years of selling his best players to fund the move to the Emirates Stadium.

But Wenger does not think Pochettino and the Tottenham faithful will suffer the same fate and lose their star men as they prepare to move into their much-delayed new ground.

He explained: “We built the Emirates without one penny injected by anybody. So, that means, this was all done on transfer policy, from the first to the last moment.

“We could only survive by having a good transfer policy, and by selling our best players.

“People forget that now because the finances of football have changed as the television money has improved a lot.

“The weight of a transfer is less today because television money has doubled compared to a few years ago."