Dimitar Berbatov believes it is “strange” that Mauricio Pochettino does not have a tighter grip on transfer operations at Tottenham.
This summer Spurs have added club-record signing Tanguy Ndombele and Jack Clarke, who has returned to Leeds on loan, while they hope to agree a deal for Ryan Sessegnon before Thursday’s deadline.
But earlier in pre-season Pochettino launched an uncharacteristic outburst to reporters, suggesting he had lost control of transfers.
Sessegnon is a long-term Pochettino target but it is understood talks over Giovani Lo Celso, another the Spurs boss recommended, have cooled in recent days.
“A manager needs to be responsible for the players that are coming in because if you are a manager you want the player to be approved by you,” Berbatov told Standard Sport.
“If that's not the case and you are not familiar with who is coming and you don't have any say in that it's a bit strange."
Pochettino moved quickly to play down his comments and assured supporters his relationship with chairman Daniel Levy remains positive, but Berbatov believes there is discontent bubbling under the surface at Tottenham.
"There is something going on - what is it? I don't know. We can speculate here what it is but they need to find a solution for this problem,” added Betfair Ambassador Berbatov.
“You can hear the way he's speaking about it that he's a bit disappointed that something is not going the way he wants it to go.”
Dimitar Berbatov was speaking at the launch of the new Betfair Exchange Campaign which showcases the different ways to bet on the Exchange and includes a ‘How To’ hub, which you can access by clicking here. For more from Dimitar Berbatov throughout the season head to https://betting.betfair.com/football/dimitar-berbatov/
