The business of another striker was front and centre, as ought to have been expected and José Mourinho made it abundantly clear that both he and the club where of a mind to find one. This was clearly a message prompted by the pronounced negativity that Steve Hitchen created with his recent All or Nothing cameo.
Danny Rose was mentioned and it really was a slice of delicate brutality from the gaffer, who wished him well, whilst reminding the world he was currently Tottenham’s …third choice left-back.