What a whirlwind 24 hours it has been at Tottenham Hotspur.
Tuesday 19th November, 7.34pm: Mauricio Pochettino sacked.
Wednesday 20th November, 6.33am: Jose Mourinho appointed.
Some fans are on a 15-hour straight Twitter run. I haven’t slept.
Fan Reaction: Jose Mourinho Takes His First Spurs Training Session
And it is a lot for the players to digest too. Aside from a few exceptions, they will report to training today and, for the first time in their Spurs lives, it won’t be Pochettino, Jesus Perez and the rest of his staff taking the session.
It will be a strange atmosphere at Spurs this week. Poch was more than a manager to some of the players. He has been pivotal in developing the careers of Harry Kane, Dele Alli and many others within the current group. Not only that, he has nurtured them as men. Kane and Dele are among the players who have been reacting to his shock departure on social media:
With most of them away on international duty, the players have not had much time to show their gratitude to the Argentine, which may explain why the social media presence from them is a little thin on the ground.
Alternatively, those less loyal to Poch may not be too upset to see him go. You can’t help but notice the out-of-contract brigade are awfully quiet…