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This article is part of Football FanCast's Transfer Focus series, which provides opinion and analysis on recent transfer news...

According to The Evening Standard, Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has assured his side that he will not make team selection decisions based on what their transfer and contract situations look like.

What's the word?

The futures of the likes of Christian Eriksen, Toby Aldeweireld and Jan Vertonghen, amongst others, are uncertain, with all three having now entered the final year of their contracts.

However, The Evening Standard report that Pochettino has reassured his squad that he will not be deciding his team for upcoming matches based on their transfer or contract situations.

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The transfer window in other major European leagues remains open, but it is claimed the Spurs boss has promised his players that this will not play a part in his decision-making.

Smart move

Whilst it is not the most ideal situation for Spurs, the three players in question remain a key part of the north London side's squad. Indeed, Eriksen's cameo against Aston Villa in the team's opening Premier League game of the season showed just how important stars of that calibre are.

Vertonghen and Alderweireld are quite conceivably Pochettino's first-choice centre-back pairing, and so leaving them out of the team because of their contract situations would simply take too much out of the side.

Spurs are battling on multiple fronts once again this season and will be hoping to sustain a longer Premier League title challenge this year. Ensuring they have their best possible team out on the pitch for every game quite obviously produces a higher chance of success, and the boss is right not to let tiresome speculation affect his decision-making.

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