Sacking José Mourinho a week before a domestic cup final was churlish and only served to add to the footballing misery at Tottenham. It was perhaps symptomatic of the unbridled chaos within the club at the time as leaked audio from Jamie Redknapp emerged, which suggested that the decision had in part been a financial one. Again this re-endorses a widely held view that at Spurs, trophies are some sort of frippery and that the real prize is keeping the club gently tipping away, earning Premier League placing and broadcast monies.
