Mourinho on his 100th Match, Arsenal Moans And Lo Celso’s Latest Injury

José Mourinho has told PA Sport’s Jonathan Veal that Spurs Argentine will not be available to tomorrow’s big game against Dinamo Zagreb. Back pain has now accompanied his thigh injury.

Cynics will be wondering if we’re to have any luck with our Argentinians given the appalling injury record of Erik Lamela.

Tottenham go into tomorrow’s Europa League game as a well-fancied side, having won all four of the games. Furthermore, our five preceding Europa League home games saw Spurs average exactly 4.00 goals per match.

Our Croatian opponents are also enjoying a spell of good form, after winning eight straight competitive matches. Of those eight victories, seven were accompanied by a clean sheet, which may be weighing heavy on Mourinho’s mind.

The Portuguese said it would “be nice to celebrate by winning a trophy. We are going to try, let’s see if it’s possible.” Talk of trophies always goes down well with most fans, but the burden of expectation this time around must be something for José to cope with given the size of the task. The moaning from the Arsenal camp about the fixture being reversed was dealt with deftly.