Jose Mourinho has made the centre half partnership of Davinson Sanchez and Eric Dier, his preferred choice since the restart.
That partnership has helped the club keep one clean sheet in three games since then, but former Chelsea star turned pundit Tony Cascarino has slammed the partnership and he even labelled it “a disaster zone”.
Spurs have suffered with poor form for a long time now and their defence is one position that has been causing them problems.
The Lilywhites have conceded 44 league goals this season, the joint-highest in the Premier League’s top nine, and it is easy to see why they have been struggling to get higher up the league table.
Cascarino is of the view that both defenders in the new centre-half partnership have their issues that make them not good enough to help the team defend.
He told The Times as quoted by Standard Sports:
“If I was coaching a side about to face Tottenham, I would immediately pounce on the full backs as an area of weakness and this is exactly what Wilder did.
“It gets worse. The centre-half partnership is a disaster zone. When Mourinho, as Manchester United manager, prepared to face Ajax in the final of the Europa League in 2017, he identified Davinson Sánchez as a weak link and yet he is now placing faith in that very same player.”
Mourinho has had to use the defenders that he inherited at the club as he prepares to overhaul his team in the summer.
The former Chelsea boss has high hopes for the Sanchez-Dier partnership, but it doesn’t seem to be working now and it remains unclear if he would change it in the next game against Everton on Monday evening.