Pochettino: "Always the club sign players, not Mauricio"

Mauricio Pochettino believes he cops unwarranted flank when Tottenham signings do not work out. "I think when you say I am very successful with signings, I think it's not true," he said. "Always the club sign players, not Mauricio. "Of course, in that structure sometimes you have more important parts in your opinion or the club take more important percentage than your opinion and sometimes no. "That is why I think that when successful when someone signs for the club we share in between all, but when the player fails always it's accuse the manager. I am responsible." Pochettino is part of a football committee with chairman Daniel Levy and chief scout Steve Hitchen but the Spurs boss is leaving summer transfer business to the other members as he focuses on pre-season preparations in Asia. Champions League runner-up will face off Manchester United in an all-Premier League clash in the next set of matches in the International Champions Cup.

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