Ranking all 27 signings Tottenham made under Mauricio Pochettino

Mauricio Pochettino may have operated with one hand tied behind his back at times when it comes to signing players for Tottenham – but how did the transfers he was able to complete fare?

Spurs famously failed to sign a single player in the summer of 2018 and followed that with a similarly fruitless January, but ironically it’s when Pochettino did get money to spend in 2019 when things started to go wrong.

Pochettino signed 27 players in his five years in charge, and we’ve ranked each of those signings, starting off with the stinkers.

Tottenham actually beat Arsenal to the €12million signing of N’Jie from Lyon, all for the sake of eight substitute appearances in the Premier League before he was sent back to Ligue 1.

Cameroon boss Hugo Broos offered an insight into why the winger’s move to north London possibly didn’t work out when accusing him of not working hard enough.

“He must change his attitude and put in the work required if he is to turn the qualities he possesses into success at the top level,” Broos said.

“Even Ronaldo or Messi are always working hard; him thinking that he’s the best doesn’t work, it doesn’t work in Marseille either.”

Clinton N'Jie's shot against Atlético Madrid in all its glory.

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— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) May 16, 2018

“I have not wasted my time in England.” As far as an evaluation of your time at a club goes, Stambouli’s doesn’t sound too promising.

Stambouli arrived at White Hart Lane with a burgeoning reputation after helping Montpellier win Ligue 1 and often captaining the side at the age of 23.

But the midfielder failed to make an impression at Spurs and was sold after just one season, somehow at a profit, to PSG, where he also lasted a solitary