Here are your Tottenham Hotspur headlines for Thursday, November 12.
Joe Rodon opens up on how transfer to Tottenham Hotspur happened
New Tottenham Hotspur centre back Joe Rodon has spoken about how his transfer to the club happened and how the prospect of a move to north London made it hard for him to concentrate on international duty.
Rodon signed for Spurs after protracted negotiations with Swansea City, finally joining the club close to the Championship transfer deadline.
The Welshman has revealed when he was first aware of Tottenham’s interest and how the prospect of a transfer made it hard to concentrate on playing for Wales at the time.
“It was the first Monday, the first deadline was when it started to develop,” he told reporters (via Wales Online ). “After Bulgaria it was basically non-stop. It was all kicking off. But I was delighted to get it over the line.
“It was quite hard, the Bulgaria game, in particular, was the hardest to concentrate. When I knew it was true and it was developing the way it was. It was quite hard to switch off. But we got the win and everything went well.”
Steven Bergwijn, Dele Alli and the players who have a point to prove to Jose Mourinho
The international break is upon us which means the number of players at Tottenham Hotspur training this week and into the early part of next week will be limited.
However, those who have been left behind will have an opportunity to prove a point to Jose Mourinho ahead of the return to club football in just over a week’s time.
Dele Alli is one such player who is still training at Hotspur Way after being omitted from Gareth Southgate’s England squad. The midfielder has recently fallen down the pecking order at Spurs and so this will be a chance for him to regain Mourinho’s trust.
Steven Bergwijn could also use the chance to show the Tottenham manager what he can do.
Feargal Brennan takes a look at the players with a point to prove over the international break.
Winner of Sky Sports talent contest out to emulate Tottenham manager
Ben Greenhalgh won the chance to play under Mourinho during his time at Inter by coming out on top in Sky Sports’ ‘Football’s Next Star’ contest back in 2010.
Now, after a playing career which saw Greenhalgh play in the lower leagues of the English game, he is starting his coaching career at Dartford in the sixth tier as he tried to emulate the Portuguese coach he once called ‘boss.’
“The respect that all of the players had for him - just him walking around the premises, whenever he stepped into a changing room everyone listened to him, everyone took on his tactics," Greenhalgh said of Mourinho to Sky Sports.
“I'm slowly building up my coaching badges, I'm building up my coaching perspective, my coaching CV.
"Obviously being part of the Dartford Academy now and being the manager here and being able to coach and progress players at a club like Dartford FC is massive for me at the moment.”
