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Following the unimpressive displays that Tottenham Hotspur’s defenders have shown this season, the club’s manager José Mourinho has already gotten to work and has started drawing up a list of defensive targets he will be looking to sign in the summer. The first name on the list of summer defensive options is Lille’s young defender Sven Botman who has been sighted as the man to bring more defensive toughness to the Spurs team.

Due to Tottenham’s poor defensive showing this season, they have slipped down to ninth place even though they were once at the top of the league table. Their lack of organization at the back has seen them concede a lot of goals this season, including three against table-toppers Manchester City and five against top-four hopefuls Everton.

Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho has urged the Premier league to show more leadership abilities by avoiding the need to postpone fixture is because of coronavirus threat. The Spurs manager has witnessed a number of matches involving his team being postponed. Even though normal football has resumed after the pandemic brought a halt to proceedings back in March, things are in a very bad state with regards to the subsequent waves of the virus. As a result, many walks of life have been disrupted and football has been no different. The game has witnessed a number of disruptions if there are positive tests beyond a certain limit at a club.

Mourinho has claimed that this does not bode well for a team like Tottenham, who have to play a lot of games over the course of the campaign. The club has already have multiple games postponed because of Covid and any more disruptions will make it difficult for his team going into the summer.

Three Tottenham Hotspur players will miss the Carabao Cup semi-final tie with Brentford at the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Tuesday night. The two London teams will fight it out for the right to secure a spot in the Carabao Cup final in April. Tottenham Hotspur are heavy favourites to book a place in that final ahead of their London rivals Brentford but that has not stopped manager Jose Mourinho from labelling the game as his biggest since his appointment over a year ago. The Spurs boss said this during his pre-match press conference ahead of the semi-final clash. Tottenham Hotspur are yet to win any form of major trophy in almost 13 years and Jose Mourinho will be determined to put an end to that poor run. Spurs last won any form of major trophy when they defeated London rivals Chelsea to win the League Cup also known as the Carabao Cup in 2008.

Ahead of the Carabao Cup last four tie with Championship outfit Brentford at their new stadium, Tottenham Hotspur will be without the services of three players through suspension and injuries. Tottenham Hotspur right-back Matt Doherty was sent off at the weekend during the final minutes of the Premier League home clash with Leeds United for two yellow cards and he would be suspended for the Brentford game, while the duo of Gareth Bale and Giovanni Lo Celso will sit out the Brentford match because of respective injuries.