The master has been at it again and on this occasion it is Michel Arteta who will be preparing himself to tell the press that he knew all along that José was telling porkies, just a pity Alasdair Gold was given duff information – again. The inclusion of Toby Alderweireld, Giovani Lo Celso and Hugo Lloris in particular this afternoon, does cast somewhat of a shadow upon the quality of information being peddled by some journalists.
Alasdair Gold told us that Hugo could be out, a line he was fed directly from the club. Before that, it was the accident prone Joe Rodon who had ‘impressed in training’. I’m not a regular disciple of Football London, however, so there may well be more of this tosh kicking about, but I do also recall Gold being briefed that just hours before Pochettino was sacked that the atmosphere at Tottenham had never been so calm.