Here are your Tottenham Hotspur morning headlines for Monday, 19 October.
Kane can rest while injured - Carragher
Jamie Carragher believes Harry Kane’s injuries can actually benefit Tottenham Hotspur this season after the England striker’s excellent performance against West Ham United.
Kane scored twice after setting up Son Heung-min in the opening minute only for the Hammers to recover from going three goals down to draw 3-3 in a dramatic six-goal thriller.
Speaking on Sky Sports, Carragher argued that Kane’s injury record may help him to rest more this season now that Jose Mourinho has Carlos Vinicius to call upon.
“If Harry Kane is fit, he plays. Harry Kane is that good of a player that you always want him in your team," said Carragher.
"Yes, you may have to rest him at times, but you could argue that Kane gets his rest when he’s injured, to be honest.
"He does seem to get one big injury a season, unfortunately for him. I’m just intrigued by this role he’s playing now, a centre-forward at times dropping deeper.
"I think it plays into the hands of the players he’s got around him. It reminds me of Liverpool, with (Sadio) Mane and (Mohamed) Salah playing very narrow and very wide.”
Souness defends Spurs approach
Graeme Souness has defended Spurs following their collapse against West Ham by insisting that the Hammers upped their game to snatch a point.
Following the game, social media observers claimed Spurs chose to sit on their 3-0 lead, inviting West Ham to chase the game.
However, Souness did not see West Ham’s revival as a product of Tottenham’s cautious tactics.
“Was it Spurs sitting off, or did West Ham up their game? For me, West Ham upped their game," he told Sky Sports.
"They got caught cold 45 seconds in, what’s just happened? At 3-0 down, they’re entitled - some of them - to feel sorry for themselves.
"I didn’t see that from West Ham today. If we go back to the first game of the season when they lost to Newcastle, you think this is gonna be a difficult year for West Ham. Then you put up the next seven or eight fixtures, and think where are they gonna get points from that? They’re a different team.
"For Spurs, I don’t think they sat back, I think they were made to sit back."
I didn’t want Rodon to leave - Swans boss
Swansea City manager Steve Cooper has revealed that he was not involved in Joe Rodon’s transfer to Tottenham.
Rodon joined Spurs on domestic deadline day, signing a five-year deal.
Speaking to the BBC, Cooper explained that the Welsh defender made clear his desire to move following the international break.
“He came to see me straight after coming back from Wales to let me know that of course he would be interested in a move to Tottenham,” said Cooper.
“I wasn’t involved in the negotiations. I don’t make those decisions on amounts for players coming in or out. I just give my view and that’s what I’ve done.
“In terms of fees, salaries, contracts, things like that, that’s not my remit.”
“I didn’t want him to go. Who would want one of their biggest assets to leave? Whatever I feel about it is irrelevant. He has gone.”
