Jose Mourinho gives Son Heung-min injury update as Tottenham boss is sent warning over Dele Alli
Tottenham Hotspur were soundly beaten 3-0 by Manchester City in a performance riddled with individual errors
by James Piercy · football.londonHere are your Tottenham morning headlines for Sunday, February 14
Son takes ankle knock
Jose Mourinho is optimistic that Son Heung-min's injury sustained late in the game against Manchester City insisted serious.
Son took a blow on the ankle after a challenge with City's Joao Cancelo, and looked in some discomfort with Mourinho revealing it was a nasty cut which warranted a card.
But, with Spurs taking on Wolfsberger in the Europa League knockouts on Thursday, the Portuguese is hoping the South Korean forward will be fit to play.
"Well he has a wound in his ankle. A wound means a stud. A stud in the ankle means a card," Mourinho said.
"I don't think a red, so the VAR can only interfere for a red. I don't think a red, but if that's not a yellow and the referee was 5 metres distance but it is a wound in the ankle. Hopefully nothing big."
Pochettino targets Lloris
Hugo Lloris endured a difficult evening against Manchester City on Saturday as the France international should have saved Rodri's penalty, having reached the spot-kick, and then let Ilkay Gundogan's shot squeeze to his side for the killer second goal.
Lloris is out of contract in 2022 and there is growing belief that the 34-year-old has his heart set on a return to France after what would be a decade spent in the Premier League with Spurs.
Football Insider report that PSG head coach Mauricio Pochettino is in regular contact with his former captain in north London and could even make an approach for the World Cup winner this summer.
Given Spurs may well lose him for free next summer, Daniel Levy could well be tempted to sell at the end of this season should PSG's offer be a credible one.
Mourinho messing Dele Alli around
Jamie Redknapp believes Jose Mourinho's treatment of Dele Alli and Gareth Bale could turn the dressing room against him.
Former Tottenham midfielder and Sky Sports pundit Redknapp claims too many players at the club don't seem to be on the same wavelength as their manager who keeps burning bridges within the club.
Bale has started two of a possible 23 Premier League fixtures and Alli just one, and both were introduced after the break at the Etihad Stadium as the game was drifting away from the visitors.
"He brought on Dele Alli and Gareth Bale, almost to bail him out - if you like - he’s been treating them badly, they’ve not been in the team and now you’re asking them to make a difference for you," Redknapp told Sky Sports.
"That is not how modern football works, the players are like: ‘nah, that’s not for me’. You need to keep players on side and Jose is making a habit right now of upsetting too many people he needs as allies, not enemies.”