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According to The Daily Mail, Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino is having a less hands-on approach to training at the club, and that is certainly a surprise development if he really wants to turn the fortunes of the north London side around.

The Daily Mail reports that a source has told them that the 47-year-old is less visible in training, and that even watches some sessions from indoors rather than being out on the pitch and playing an active role with the players.

Presumably given the claim, this is different to what the South American has done in the past when he would have had to work extensively on pressing and tactics to get Spurs to improve like they did, so this drop off means he is hardly doing himself any favours.

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Assuming it’s a credible story, you do have to wonder whether that is having an effect on the players, performances and results – there have been plenty of bad ones in recent weeks when it comes to the latter.

The 7-2 defeat against Bayern Munich this week especially suggested not enough time had gone in on the training ground to prepare for the Champions League clash, and it is clearly something that needs to change following other notable matches against Newcastle United, Arsenal, Olympiacos, Leicester City and Colchester United already this term.

The hands-off approach clearly isn’t paying off for Pochettino in what has been a largely dismal start to the 2019/20 campaign for Tottenham, and the former Southampton boss isn’t doing himself any favours whatsoever by doing it, if The Daily Mail’s sources are correct.

Now the message is clear. He needs revert back to being on the pitch for the whole session organising his players to ensure that he gives Spurs every chance of turning things around, otherwise the miserable displays and defeats will continue and the north London outfit will simply continue to go backwards.