The race for the Premier League top 4 and Champions League football already looks tight, but so far Tottenham have emerged from the back as solid contenders. Spurs have smashed Man United 6-1 at Old Trafford and demolished Southampton 5-2, and Heung-Min Son and Harry Kane look like the league’s deadliest strike partnership.
So how good can they be? In this Scout Report, we examine the summer transfers and see how they’ll fit in under Mourinho. Matt Doherty and Sergio Reguilon arrive from Wolves and Real Madrid to bolster the backline, while Hojbjerg is already a fixture in midfield, and the return of Gareth Bale provides both quality support and the feel-good factor in attack. But what’s different about Kane this season?
The report also dissects Mourinho’s tactics to see how the transition from Pochettino is coming along, and find some surprising conclusions. What makes this Spurs side like Klopp’s Liverpool? And how have they improved on 18/19, when they reached the UCL final?