Here is your Tottenham Hotspur morning digest for Tuesday, June 23.
Mourinho makes revealing Bergwijn transfer admission
Ahead of Spurs' London derby with West Ham United at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this evening, head coach Jose Mourinho has revealed that Steven Bergwijn was not his top transfer target when it came to bolstering his squad back in January.
With time running out in the January window, Spurs made the decision to secure the services of the Dutchman, paying PSV almost £30million to secure his services.
However, Mourinho has now admitted that the winger, who scored in Friday night's 1-1 draw against Manchester United, was not his top target for the January window.
[He is a] good player, good professional and a good boy," Mourinho said. "Congratulations to my club, the way they did it.
"Initially, and I’m always very honest on this, he wasn’t my first option when we decided to make a movement in the winter. But in the end, a great decision.
"He is a player with a great future, can play on the right and the left. We’re more than happy, not just his age, but also his professional attitude.
"The way he trains, the way he lives. He’s the kind of kid that can only be better."
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Vertonghen extends Spurs stay
With time running out to extend players' contracts to ensure they remain with their current clubs until the season finishes in July, Spurs have made the decision to extend Jan Vertonghen's deal.
His contract was poised to draw to a close in North London at the end of this month, but he has now made the decision to temporarily extend it until the end of July after the season was suspended for over three months because of the coronavirus crisis.
Goalkeeper Michel Vorm has also temporarily extended his deal whilst defenders Danny Rose and Kyle Walker-Peters, who both departed N17 in January after falling out of favour under Mourinho, have extended their loans at Newcastle United and Southampton respectively.
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Plan which could fill the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with fans once again
Football in England might have made it's long-awaited return last week but it was not in the format that we know and love.
Stadiums, of course, were forced to stage matches without supporters, which will have generated an eery experience for the few actually aloud inside the grounds, such as players, coaching staff and journalists.
However, football.london can exclusively reveal that the UK government are in preliminary discussions about when supporters will be able to return to football matches.
We understand that understand there is a possibility of pilot events taking place in July to test how a gradual resumption of events would take place in a safe manner.
