Jose Mourinho
Jose Mourinho will personally push to bring £26m defender to Tottenham Hotspur this summer
Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho will spearhead the club’s pursuit of Inter Milan defender Milan Skriniar this summer, Football Insider claims. The north London giants have experienced a stop-start campaign, and they are currently a couple of points adrift of the top four in the Premier League. While they have excelled in the attack with regular goals, they have had issues at the back and have kept just five clean sheets in 15 matches in 2021. Skriniar has been on Spurs’ radar for a while, and it is now reported that Mourinho will take it upon himself to push through a summer deal for the centre-back. The Portuguese has identified the 26-year-old as his top summer target, and it is claimed that Spurs came close to landing him for around £26 million in January. Sportslens view: Mouri...
Manchester United’s Eric Bailly tests positive for coronavirus after Ivory Coast duty
Getty Images Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer confirmed Eric Bailly has tested positive for coronavirus after his international duty with Ivory Coast. Bailly missed the Red Devils’ 2-1 comeback win over Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday as goals from Marcus Rashford and Mason Greenwood extended their unbeaten run to 10 Premier League matches. Amad Diallo, who made his international debut for the Elephants during their 3-0 defeat of Niger on March 26, is back in Manchester and was an unused substitute at Old Trafford. Solskjaer, in his team’s update, disclosed that Bailly – who was an unused substitute in Ivory Coast’s final Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against Ethiopia last Tuesday – is yet to return to England and will not be available for selection for the time...
Jose Mourinho hits back at his critics in classic Jose Mourinho fashion
Jose Mourinho has been one of the game’s most influential figures for the past two decades. From his underdog days at Porto, to his famous ‘Special One’ press conference, to his divisive time at Manchester United – he’s always been at the heart of the drama. In recent years, the Portuguese has come under a lot of scrutiny, with many fans feeling like his days at the top level are over. His time at Tottenham Hotspur has further heightened this feeling. Mourinho took over from Mauricio Pochettino at Spurs The Lilywhites are looking unlikely to reach the top four this season and suffered an embarrassing Europa League exit to Dinamo Zagreb, all while playing uninspiring football. On the whole, it seems like a vast downgrade from the Mauricio Pochettino era. Mourinho has responded to those who ...
Lucas Moura: Tottenham squad united behind Jose Mourinho
Lucas Moura has insisted that the whole Tottenham squad are united behind under-fire boss Jose Mourinho amid the club’s turbulent 2020-21 campaign. Mourinho’s position in the Spurs dugout has been called into question in the wake of a nightmare week which saw the team follow up a north London derby defeat to Arsenal by exiting the Europa League in shocking fashion at the hands of Dinamo Zagreb. Spurs were thrashed 3-0 in the second leg of that last-16 tie in Croatia, but responded by beating Aston Villa 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday, with Moura issuing a rallying cry in his post-match interview. “It’s been a very bad week for us, the feeling was very bad,” the Spurs winger told the Evening Standard : “Last night, we showed our nature, we showed attitude. “The good thing about footbal...
Report shares why Mourinho’s relationship with Daniel Levy has strained in recent months
According to The Times, Jose Mourinho’s relationship with Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy has become strained in recent months. Following the defeat against Dinamo Zagreb in the Europa League round of 16, several media outlets, including The Times, claimed that Mourinho’s job is under threat this summer. It has been claimed that Spurs will not sack him midway through the season because of financial complexities, but he could be shown the door if the north London club fail to secure a Champions League spot. Levy is reportedly an admirer of Mourinho, while the Portuguese hailed the Spurs chairman in October as a “genius in the way he makes deals happen”. The Times claim that Mourinho’s relationship with Levy hasn’t been smooth. The Portuguese wanted to offload Dele Alli and some ...
Spurs predicted XI: Mourinho to make seven changes; 24-year-old set to return
After back to back defeats, Tottenham Hotspur will be looking to get back to winning ways when they face Aston Villa in the Premier League clash on Sunday at Villa Park. Jose Mourinho will be looking to pick players that he can trust as Spurs should fight tooth and nail to get back into the top-four. Spurs lost 3-0 against Dinamo Zagreb in the midweek and got crushed out of the Europa League knock-out stages. Mourinho will definitely look to make some changes, and as many as seven players could be dropped. In defence, Toby Alderweireld and Sergio Reguilon are certain to start in place of Eric Dier and Ben Davies. Both Serge Aurier and Matt Doherty have been disappointing in recent games, and Mourinho must look to give Japhet Tanganga a rare start. In midfield, both Harry Winks and Moussa S...
Report suggests Tottenham’s massive transfer plans…but there’s a big problem
The upcoming summer transfer window is going to be very crucial for Tottenham Hotspur. After the shock Europa League exit this week, Tottenham’s season now rests on where they finish in the Premier League. If they miss out on top-four yet again, Daniel Levy is likely to sack Jose Mourinho. Spurs have been badly hit financially by the pandemic, and the cost of sacking Mourinho, who has two years left on his contract, worth up to £15 million a season, will be very expensive. According to a report from The Times, Spurs predict that their losses may exceed £200m before June. However, Spurs need to invest heavily in the squad and backing Mourinho could be equally expensive. The report claims that Spurs need at least six players – two full-backs, a centre back, a holding midfielder, a ...
Brendan Rodgers likely to replace Jose Mourinho at Tottenham
Brendan Rodgers has emerged as the favourite for the Tottenham Hotspur job should the club choose to sack manager Jose Mourinho, according to 90min. Mourinho took over from the immensely popular Mauricio Pochettino at Tottenham, after the Argentine suffered a disastrous start to the 2019/20 season. In his first few months, the Portuguese guided Spurs to sixth place, qualifying for the Europa League. Mourinho’s men made a strong start to the season The 2020/21 campaign was looking far more promising for the Lilywhites. They spent four weeks at the top of the table in November and December, defeating Manchester City and Arsenal. However, things have gone sour since then. Tottenham have won just six of their last 17 league games, falling to eighth. Meanwhile, the football has been uninspiring...
Graham Roberts reacts to reports how some Spurs players feel about Mourinho’s training methods
According to reports from The Telegraph, Jose Mourinho is fighting an uphill battle to keep his Tottenham Hotspur job past this season. After Tottenham’s disappointing Europa League exit, his position at the club has once again come under threat. It has been claimed that even success in the final of next month’s Carabao Cup final will not guarantee his safety. The 3-0 defeat against Dinamo Zagreb was a crushing blow to Mourinho’s hopes of surviving the threat of the sack. The report claims that players are divided over Mourinho’s training methods. Mourinho retains the support of some of Tottenham’s key players, but there are others who have questioned his training methods and his handling of various situations. Former Spurs player, Graham Roberts, has shared his reactio...
Champions League flashback: Liverpool and Man City’s chance for revenge + 2020 Final repeat
The fixtures for the Champions League quarter-finals have been drawn, with several enticing fixtures. Manchester City were the first side out of the pot, coming up against Borussia Dortmund, while Porto got drawn against Chelsea. The final two fixtures see repeats of recent finals, with Bayern Munich facing Paris Saint-Germain, and Real Madrid playing Liverpool. In anticipation of the next round of European games, here is a look back at some of the best clashes between these sides. Manchester City vs Borussia Dortmund Balotelli’s equaliser was not enough to prevent an early exit for Man City Rather surprisingly, this is only the second time that these two sides have been drawn up against each other. The first came in the group stages of the 2012/13 season. It was a very different Borussia ...
‘Don’t trust’: Mourinho reveals what he told Spurs players at half-time vs Zagreb
Tottenham Hotspur boss Jose Mourinho has revealed to BT Sport that he felt really sad after Spurs were knocked out of the Europa League on Thursday. Spurs were leading 2-0 from the first leg, but somehow they managed to throw it away, as Dinamo Zagreb took to extra-time to seal a pulsating 3-0 victory. The Portuguese boss has revealed to Football London what his instructions to Spurs players were at half-time. After a 0-0 first-half, it appeared that Spurs were on their way to the quarter-finals. Mourinho has suggested that he warned his players of the potential threat from the home side as he sensed they were gaining in momentum. Apart from a few Spurs players, the rest just didn’t turn up, and it was a lacklustre performance from the visitors collectively. Mislav Orsic scored a hat-trick...
WCQ: Tottenham’s Tanguy Ndombele returns to France squad
Tottenham midfielder Tanguy Ndombele has been rewarded for his upturn in form with a recall to the France squad for their upcoming World Cup qualifiers. The 24-year-old hasn’t featured for Les Bleus since the summer of 2019 but now has the chance to add to his six international caps in matches against Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Other notable returnees include Atletico Madrid’s Thomas Lemar, who hasn’t featured since November 2019, while Barcelona forward Ousmane Dembele, a member of their 2018 World Cup-winning squad, is back for the first time in two-and-a-half years. This represents Ndombele’s first international call up since his club-record €60 million (£54m/$68m) move from Lyon to Tottenham. The Frenchman arrived in north London with a reputation as an all-action midf...
