LONDON -- Mauricio Pochettino has insisted that Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has never stopped him from signing older players like Fernando Llorente and says the Spaniard is one of the few strikers who is happy to compete with Harry Kane.
At 32, Llorente -- a £15 million deadline-day signing from Swansea -- is by the far the oldest player signed by the club under Pochettino. The manager has previously bought just three outfield players aged 25 or over: Federico Fazio, Toby Alderweireld and Moussa Sissoko.
Levy, who runs Spurs as a business, has a reputation for preferring young players with a sell-on value but Pochettino says he has not imposed an upper age limit on signings.