Here are your Tottenham Hotspur morning headlines for Friday, 23 October.
McLeish speculates on Rose future
Former Premier League manager Alex McLeish has discussed Danny Rose’s potential departure from Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, suggesting he could leave on a free next summer.
Speaking to Football Insider, McLeish labelled Rose as “finished” at the north London club after failing to secure a move in the transfer window.
“There’s been issues there for about a year and a half, Danny and Spurs just haven’t been seeing eye to eye,” McLeish is quoted as saying.
The Scot added that Rose is likely to leave on a free transfer when his contract expires next summer.
The left-back has not been allocated a squad number for the 2020/21 campaign and was left out of Jose Mourinho’s Premier League and Europa League squads.
More to come from Vinícius
New signing Carlos Vinicius marked his Spurs debut with two assists in the 3-0 win over LASK in the Europa League yesterday evening.
The Brazilian was selected in Mourinho’s starting XI and set up goals for Lucas Moura and Son Heung-min.
Mourinho suggested there is more to come from the 25-year-old, especially when he can better communicate with the team.
"He is still in a learning process, Vinícius can be much more than this. But first match I am really happy, the only thing that was missing was a goal,” he said.
Vinicius joined the club from Portuguese giants Benfica after something of an unconventional route to top-level football which included spells at lower-tier Brazilian and Portuguese clubs.
Mourinho makes Zidane comparison
Mourinho has revealed he made a light-hearted comparison to French legend Zinedine Zidane when discussing Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg’s first half performance last night.
The midfielder turned in a stellar performance in the middle of the park, dictating the tempo and breaking up LASK’s attacking sequences.
Mourinho explained his half-time quip after the final whistle, stating; “We were calling him 'Zidane' and saying 'Ok Pierre, take it easy. You tried it once (the double pirouette), don't try to do it again because that's not you.'”
He went on to describe the Dane as a “fantastic player”, which was little surprise considering Hojbjerg was one of the best players on the pitch on the night.
