Jose Mourinho brought on fairly the stir amongst Tottenham followers after his feedback following final Sunday’s 2-2 draw away at Newcastle.
When confronted with the query as to why his present Spurs aspect had been so usually responsible of dropping factors from a successful place, a trait so not like any of his the groups he has beforehand managed, he quipped: “Same coach, totally different gamers.”
The comment was seen as one more instance of Jose publicly lambasting his personal gamers, together with his post-match feedback reportedly not taking place properly with some corners of the Tottenham dressing room.
The Tottenham boss additionally raised eyebrows together with his omission of Toby Alderweireld towards Newcastle, claiming the Belgian defender had solely educated a day earlier than the sport when video footage had picked up the centre again in coaching two days earlier than the clash.
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Gareth Bale has spent a lot of his return to the membership both injured or on the substitutes bench, failing to begin at St James Park continued a pattern of cameo appearances from the substitutes bench.
Here is the Spurs’ injury latest ahead of an important clash of their bid for a high 4 end.
Matt Doherty
The former Wolves defender has endured a troublesome begin to life in North London, and he shall be unavailable for the clash towards Manchester United.
“Good news. Ben Davies and Matt Doherty are the one gamers that aren’t accessible to play. So they’re nonetheless injured.”
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Though it might be affordable to imagine Jose did of course not imply Doherty’s injury was good news for Tottenham, it didn’t cease some followers taking to social media to poke enjoyable on the state of affairs.
The Irish worldwide is regarded as recovering properly and may function in Tottenham’s clash away at Everton subsequent Friday.
Ben Davies
The Welsh defender makes up the opposite half of the duo of full-backs dominated out of United’s go to.
Davies injury means Real Madrid loanee Sergio Reguilón will get the prospect to make amends for his dismal displaying towards Steve Bruce’s aspect.
Mourinho did go on to say: “Of course [they are] getting higher, however no extra injury news. Everybody accessible.”
Tottenham’s injury checklist makes for extra nice studying than their opponents, who’re lacking a quantity of key gamers, which means Spurs’ shall be aiming to do the double over Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s aspect following their memorable 6-1 victory at Old Trafford earlier on within the marketing campaign.
Serge Aurier
Serge Aurier was one other participant dropped with little clarification within the 2-2 draw at Newcastle, however following a troublesome efficiency for his stand-in Japhet Tanganga, Aurier could possibly be in line to return to the beginning eleven.
Aurier bagged a purpose at Old Trafford within the reverse fixture earlier this season.
