Mauricio Pochettino has accepted the reality that some stars of Tottenham Hotspur will want to leave the club at some point.

Spurs have previously sold leading players like Gareth Bale and Luka Modric, and this summer Kyle Walker became the first high-profile departure under Pochettino, joining City for £50 million and doubling his salary in the process.

"We're not worried. We know how our project is and who we are, and in the end we try to develop our project not only thinking about today and tomorrow, but thinking long-term.

"That is so important, because it's not only that we need to win today, tomorrow, after tomorrow. We need to win today, tomorrow and in one year and two, three, four years. That is the plan for Tottenham. It may be completely different than others teams, that the most important thing is to win today. That is a good point for the debate when people assess us and compare with another team."

Pochettino was asked whether some players may not want to wait another four years to win trophies.

"Exactly, that is the problem. I agree with you," he replied. "Maybe some players are not agreed in this plan and this strategy, and of course they are right to complain, to talk and in the end to want to move or have another challenge for different reasons, because we are all different and we all have different challenges, motivations, roles in our life.

"That is normal. The most important thing is to talk, to design the plan for everyone and then be happy because life is about enjoying and being happy. It's not about wasting time in a bad way, because life is so short.

"It's human nature that the players always want to improve, and have different challenges and ideas. But I am not worried, because in the end it's always three parts in all the situations in football -- the players, the club that owns the players, and if another club want some players, and in the end it's to be agreed on different things and try to make everyone happy with the decision. We're not worried."