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Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino has stated he does not regret his quiet summer transfer window, quoted by The Telegraph.

What's the word?

Eyebrows were raised in the summer by Mauricio Pochettino's reluctance to take advantage of the transfer window, with Tottenham failing to sign a single player during the close-season period and attracting headlines for the wrong reasons.

While Spurs have enjoyed their best-ever start to a Premier League season, winning six of eight matches, two consecutive defeats at the start of their Champions League campaign have left the club's European ambitions at risk of going up in smoke.

However, despite the lack of consistency between results domestically and on the continent, Pochettino is quoted by The Telegraph as insisting he does not regret his actions and is happy with his squad.

What was said?

"We are always trying to improve our squad because football is dynamic. But if you cannot achieve what you need or want, [making signings] because you need to make happy people or act like all the clubs, I think that is not common sense.

"We showed that we do not care. If we don’t need the players who are available to sign then why are we going to sign? That is the point.

"I was happy and am happy with the squad that I have, we have no regrets. When we started the season with three games that we won and we were top of the table people were talking in a different way, 'Oh how clever are Tottenham because they keep all the squad from last season'.

"After we lost some games [it] started to make a big impact in the perception. But I need to remind everyone that is our best start after eight games."

Is he right?

The vast differences between Tottenham's displays in the Premier League and in the Champions League are evidence of a lack of depth in the squad, which is where Mauricio Pochettino should have improved his ranks in the summer.

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Spurs' first-choice XI is up there with some of the best in the Premier League but while the likes of Manchester City, Liverpool and even arch-rivals Arsenal can chop and change their line-up, they do not have the same luxury.

The Argentine's comments certainly won't convince the club's fans that their future is bright, as there was clearly players out there in the summer that would have improved the squad, if they had been willing to spend the money.