Tottenham now a very attractive club – Pochettino

Andros Townsend could return to first-team action after he and Pochettino made peace over a row between the winger and a Tottenham fitness coach, while Nabil Bentaleb is hoping to return from an ankle injury sustained while away with Algeria.

With Chelsea out of the picture and the Premier League revelling in its most unpredictable form for a considerable while, Leicester City sit top if any evidence was needed, Spurs have the ideal opportunity to join Europe’s elite once again. All the clubs in the Premier League at the beginning of the season want to play on TV because it’s a business.

Tottenham Hotspur boss Mauricio Pochettino believes the attractive style of football that his team produce is enough to tempt the world’s top players to the club.

As many a pundit has pointed out this season, he’s an all round midfielder, a very rare, rare thing these days.

After struggling to hold down a regular place in the starting XI under Pochettino last season, Dembele has established himself as an integral part in the Tottenham side this term, helping them to extend their unbeaten run to 12 games with victory over West Ham at the weekend.

There has been no Soldado (£26 million, sevem league goals) or Paulinho (£17 million for two forgettable years) but there has been Ryan Mason, Eric Dier, Harry Kane and Dele Alli.

He added: “I thought we played very well in the first half – as well as we’ve played here at Wembley for a long time”.

‘Now we need to be careful and clever to make sure we keep improving.

Richard Almeida gave Qarabag a seventh-minute lead from the penalty spot when the teams met at White Hart Lane, before a Son Heung-min double on his home debut helped Tottenham dispatch their opponents 3-1.