DOHA (Qatar): Jose Mourinho, who took over the reins from Mauricio Pochettino on a three-and-a-half-year contract on Tuesday, inherited a side that has quality, but are currently 14th in the Premier League table.
Spurs, and Mourinho, will be desperate to end the club’s trophy drought, which has lasted for more than a decade.
But reports from the English media revealed that Mourinho will have to work with the with Tottenham’s existing squad as there is no money for an overhaul in January.
The Portuguese former Chelsea and Manchester United boss faces a tough job as he will have prove his worth at the club, which is now hoping to revive fortune under their new manager.
Spurs have not won the English top flight since 1961.
Lille’s Joa, Nunu to join Mourinho
Meanwhile, Portuguese duo Joao Sacramento and Nuno Santos are to leave their jobs as coaches at Lille to join compatriot Jose Mourinho’s staff at Tottenham.
Sacramento, 30, was the assistant coach to Christophe Galtier in northern France. He initially joined Lille in January 2017 and worked under former coach Marcelo Bielsa, who was sacked later that year.
Santos has worked as goalkeeping coach at Lille since the summer of 2018.
Spur’s has defensive issues
Tottenham have kept just one clean sheet in the league and conceded seven in a Champions League game against Bayern Munich.
Mourinho is renowned for his ability to build a side that is defensively rigid, and he will have to get to work quickly on drilling his new back line.
He will have to convince Kane to stay
Eriksen, Vertonghen and Alderweireld may be out of his hands, but Mourinho needs to convince Harry Kane to stay at Spurs.
Mourinho needs to do everything he can to make sure the England captain, who had a close relationship with Pochettino, still feels content at the club.
