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WITH an injury list in double figures and the team stuck in mid-table, these really are dark old days for Tottenham fans.

Points on the pitch are as rare as patience off it... there’s certainly no chance of being dazzled by smiles in this part of North London.

Never mind silverware, a silver lining will just do for now and with so many dark clouds above the place at the moment, there’s plenty to pick from.

Which in Tottenham’s case is the emergence of three of the brightest young stars anywhere in the Premier League — Mikey Moore, Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall.

All of them chucked into the thick of it far sooner than boss Ange Postecoglou would have liked, for sure.

In an ideal world, I’m certain he would have far preferred to ease them in gently.

But needs must, of course, so it was a case of sink or swim instead and all three of them never for one second looked like going under.

They have been raving about Moore for ages, even though he’s still only 17, and it’s always great when a kid comes through the ranks and lives up to the billing.

Well, Mikey is definitely doing that and more — this kid is going to be a big star, believe me.

And before anyone jumps on my case, by the way, I know the other two were bought in.

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But that doesn’t mean it’s any less exciting to see a young talent come through.

Bergvall is a “proper” player. I love the fact he’s got a bit of devilment about him already and there is no chance of him getting pushed around. More the opposite, to be honest.

As for Gray, he came at a price and it’s easy to see why.

Another teenager, but already a nailed-on Spurs captain of the future in my book.

Archie’s played for England at every level from Under-15 up and it’s only a matter of time before he’s got the full set.

So there HAS been some good from all the problems... not that it will keep anyone happy if results don’t improve, mind. And to be fair, nor should it.

Although I do think it’s a bit harsh for the fans to be having a pop at Daniel Levy as they are.

I’m not chairman of his fan club by any means, but I just don’t agree with it.

Let’s be honest, what can Daniel really do? And don’t say get out of the club, because that’s not going to happen any more than he’s about to sack Ange.

Levy’s given his manager a fortune for players, Spurs have the best stadium in the country and the training ground is second to none.

Even with all those injuries, the squad is big enough to cope far better than it is.

And with so many players, there is really no point in paying loads for even more.

Look at the centre-backs, for example. When Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven are fit, they go straight in again. Spurs already have defenders coming out of their ears.

Dominic Solanke, Brennan Johnson, Richarlison, James Maddison ... big-money buys everywhere. They ain’t going to sign guys to sit on the bench further down the line.

This is certainly no time to panic and, to be fair, there’s no chance of Daniel getting rid of Ange — whatever anyone says about him being under pressure.

Levy will realise this is a time for solidarity. Although if things don’t improve by the end of the season, I know better than most about how ruthless he can be.

If we get to May and they are still bobbing around in mid-table with no trophy on the table, that’s when Ange could find out, too.

But, don’t forget, they’re a goal up going into the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final and the Europa League is hardly packed with the biggest names in football.

Let’s be honest, it’s a second-rate competition with a load of sides who are Championship standard at best.

That gives Tottenham every chance of going all the way.

If it all goes belly up then have a go, for sure, but for now just enjoy seeing those three young guns tearing it up.

ARSENAL have leapfrogged Liverpool and London rivals Spurs and Chelsea in the latest football earnings table.

The Gunners had dropped to 10th in the global revenue charts after five years outside the European elite.

But their return to the Champions League last season, and another Prem near-miss, saw the Emirates outfit gross £605.5m to move up to seventh in a table headed by Real Madrid.

The Spanish giants became the first club in Uefa football history to bank more than £1b Euros in 2023-24, with the Bernabeu side, who won a 15th European crown, earning £883.7m after the refurbishment of their home ground.

While Manchester City remained second in the table, with revenues of £708.1m, the gap between them and Madrid has leaped from just £5m in 2022-23 to £175m, last season.

Across Manchester, United moved up from fifth to fourth, overtaking Barcelona, who dropped two places, even though their revenues rose by less than £3m, from £648.5m to £651.4m.

But it was Arsenal who made the biggest advance - as Spurs’ lack of any European football saw them drop from eighth to ninth, according to the latest Deloitte Football Money League figures.

Tottenham had seen record income of £549.2m in 2022-23, when they reached the last 16 of the Champions League but missed out on European qualification.

That saw their 2023-24 income cut to £519.9, a £30m reduction.

Arsenal, eliminated by Bayern Munich in the last eight, earned £258.2m from broadcasters, plus £129.7m in match-day income and £217.9m from their commercial deals.

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Liverpool, seventh last year with £793.8m, drop a place after earning £604.2m, with Chelsea also down a place on £461.2m, down £51.3m.

It is the first time the Gunners have grossed more than Liverpool and Chelsea since the 2016-17 season.

The Deloitte figures confirm the Prem’s financial muscle with Newcastle, West Ham and Aston Villa all in the top 20 earners.

While that is nine Prem teams, Spain, France and Italy have three representatives, with Munich and Dortmund the Bundesliga money sides.

Prem income is set to rise by up to 20 per cent next term with the new international broadcast deals, while TV contracts across the rest of the Big Five are in decline.

Deloitte’s Tim Bridge said: “On-pitch performance is critical for teams to reach the top echelons of the rankings, although high performing clubs are also able to diversify the way they generate revenue through unlocking innovative partnerships and developing the land and stadium space that they own or operate.

“While commercial revenue dominates the income of the top ten Money League clubs, broadcast income remains crucial for teams in the second half of the rankings.

“As competitions expand and create more broadcast and matchday opportunities, these can further increase the earning potential for clubs.

“At a time where there is more demand than ever for a greater number of matchdays, this must be balanced with player welfare, as they ultimately bring the on-field success that can earn clubs many further rewards off-field.”

WHAT is German for ‘Dr Tottenham will see you now?'

That self-deprecating phrase is used by Spurs fans to poke fun at themselves when their team somehow lose to a side in hopeless form.

They wheeled it out after Crystal Palace earned their first win of the season against their side on October 27, and then again following November’s shock home defeat to winless Ipswich.

Need to find a win from nowhere? Doctor Tottenham’s office, please.

Expect a repeat prescription if boss Ange Postecoglou’s walking wounded come a cropper at Hoffenheim tomorrow.

Because if you think Spurs’ season has been a nightmare, take a look at how Thursday’s Europa League opponents have been faring.

Christian Ilzer’s side have managed only seven victories from their 27 games in all competitions this season.

Rival fans may be having a good laugh at Spurs’ perilous league state right now.

But few believe they will actually be relegated — although the same cannot be said for Hoffenheim.

The Germans were winless in nine, having netted just THREE times in those fixtures, before Saturday’s much-needed 3-1 victory at drop-zone rivals Holstein Kiel.

They are three points above the Bundesliga dotted line after that huge win in their six-pointer, which came off the back of an epic X-rated rant from club stalwart striker Andrej Kramaric.

The 33-year-old, in his tenth season at Hoffenheim, blasted after last Wednesday’s 5-0 pasting at Harry Kane’s Bayern Munich: “This is one big, s*** season, I’m going to be honest.

“And I’m still soft because if I want to say the truth and some things which are on my mind about the club and the situation, probably I will get the biggest punishment in the history of the Bundesliga.”

England fans may remember Kramaric from the heartbreaking World Cup semi-final loss to Croatia in 2018, with the forward coming on in extra-time.

He also netted the opener when Gareth Southgate’s Three Lions exacted some revenge with a 2-1 win in the Nations League a few months later.

Three years before that the 102-cap forward had a brief stint at Leicester — including during their historic title-winning campaign — but if you blinked, you may have missed it.

Brought in for £9.5million from Rijeka in January 2015, there was a four-game period a month later when he was keeping Foxes legend Jamie Vardy out of the team — but it did not last.

He ended up with just three goals in the second half of that season, then was frozen out by boss Claudio Ranieri in the next, unforgettable season.

Kramaric made only two league appearances during the campaign in which Leicester shocked the world, both off the bench, leaving him well short of the required ten to win a medal.

That January he was shipped off on loan to Julian Nagelsmann’s Hoffenheim — and has stayed there ever since.

Kramaric has enjoyed European football — including the Champions League — in almost half of his seasons at the German club as a permanent player.

Which explains why he is so incensed at their failings this term.

His eye-catching comments went down well with frustrated fans, but less so at board level or in the dressing room.

One of Kramaric’s digs was that the club “invested so much money for nothing”, after a £56m spree on eight players this term — the fifth-highest spend in the Bundesliga.

Slaughtering your new team-mates and those who bought them seemed risky, yet after 309 appearances and 109 goals, clearly Kramaric felt he deserves to say his piece.

None of the incomings have been hits, with defender Robin Hranac and forward Haris Tabakovic particularly poor.

That was not helped by many of them being signed by an interim sporting director in Frank Kramer, stepping up briefly from his academy manager role.

Former Spurs target Gift Orban arrived this month under the new recruitment team but is not deemed fit enough yet to play Ilzer’s lung-busting style of play.

Similar to Postecoglou, Austrian Ilzer favours an intense pressing game and while it worked in his first game — a 4-3 win over RB Leipzig — it has been disastrous most of this season.

Kramaric has threatened to go “a little harder” with his criticism if things do not pick up, which is hard to imagine given his comments so far.

So, amazingly, Hoffenheim are in even more of a mess than Spurs going into tonight’s clash.

But as any travelling fans up with the Deutsch lingo might say, ‘Doktor Tottenham wird Sie jetzt empfangen’.

TOTTENHAM have sunk deeper into injury crisis after Pape Matar Sarr was added to their crocked list.

Ange Postecoglou will be going into the match against Hoffenheim on Thursday with a host of senior stars injured.

And they now also be without Sarr for the clash after he had to pull out of training earlier today.

That means Postecoglou has as many as 11 stars sidelined through injury.

To add insult to injury, three players who are fit are unavailable to play due to them not being registered in the competition.

Those are Djed Spence, Antonin Kinsky and Sergio Reguilon.

The North London club were handed a boost with both Cristian Romero and Rodrigo Bentancur seen back in training today.

However, the pair remain doubtful of being selected.

That means Spurs will be forced to field a makeshift XI of stars for the crunch tie.

The stars ruled out are as follows: Guglielmo Vicario, Dominic Solanke, Destiny Udogie, Brennan Johnson, Timo Werner, Micky Van de Ven, Wilson Odobert, Yves Bissouma, Fraser Forster, Sarr and the aforementioned Romero, Bentancur doubtful.

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Despite the news, Sarr was strangely pictured in the background of training pictures released by the club.

Tottenham sit ninth in the Europa League table, one place below the automatic knockout qualification spots.

Spurs have seen their Premier League form drop off a cliff with four defeats in their last five games leaving them 15th in the table.

TOTTENHAM are 15th in the Premier League table.

Given the club's resources, this season is heading towards disaster, if it isn't already there.

And yet, the Dream Team Stats Centre tells a different story.

Antonin Kinsky (£2.8m) is the second-most in-form goalkeeper at the time of writing having notched 27 points since the start of Gameweek 18.

Pedro Porro (£4.2m), Dominic Solanke (£4.3m) and Son Heung-min (£4.8m) are ranked fourth, fifth and seventh in their respective positions.

While Dejan Kulusevski (£4.3m), Brennan Johnson (£3.8m) and James Maddison (£4.1m) are all inside the top seven midfielders.

If somebody had not seen one second of football this season and had to estimate Spurs' prospects based on Dream Team points alone, they would probably place them in the title race, rather than on the precipice of a relegation dogfight.

There are several reasons for this disconnect.

Firstly, individual excellence is possible within dysfunctional teams.

For example, Kulusevski has produced a highly impressive campaign thus far (nine goals and nine assists) and the fact Spurs haven't benefited more from his efforts isn't all that relevant for Dream Team managers.

Secondly, Ange Postecoglou's side have endured a strange, contradictory season when the details are examined.

Spurs have lost 12 of their 22 league games to date but only leaders Liverpool have score more goals - hence why Son, Solanke, Maddison and Johnson have earned their fair share of points.

Thirdly, this case study is a timely reminder that Dream Team extends far beyond the Premier League.

Spurs have one foot in the Carabao Cup final having beaten Liverpool 1-0 in the semi-final first leg and remain active in the FA Cup following their (unconvincing) win over non-league Tamworth in the third round.

More relevantly, they have fulfilled six Europa League fixtures with two more imminent before the knockout ties are determined.

When Postecoglou's troops have been found lacking in the top flight, they have compensated with points in the additional competitions.

It's particularly important for Dream Team bosses to remind themselves what's important (points) amid this Spurs crisis.

Gameweek 20 is not done yet with a trip to struggling Hoffenheim this Thursday.

Looking further ahead, Spurs are one of just three teams with four fixtures to fulfil across Gameweeks 21 and 22, with Arsenal and Liverpool being the others.

Solanke needs to be replaced because he's injured, as are many of his team-mates, but gaffers should probably remain patient with the likes of Porro, Kulusevski and Maddison for the rest of the month at least.

There may well be a critical implosion at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this season but for now, they remain heavy hitters in the world of Dream Team... somehow.

Ndombele joined from Lyon in 2019 with huge expectations after shattering Tottenham's transfer record.

But he would go on to play just 91 times for the club, scoring 10 goals and is now set to leave one year before the end of his contract.

Richarlison almost broke the £50m mark when he arrived from Everton in 2022 as Harry Kane's back-up.

And while his tally of 12 goals this season was a significant increase on the three from his opening Spurs campaign, he is being linked with a departure this summer.

Johnson was signed by Ange Postecoglou last summer and has impressed in patches during his first season in North London.

He scored five goals and 10 assists in 38 games and will look to build on that in the 2024/25 campaign.

Romero initially joined on loan from Atalanta in 2021, before his impressive displays saw him secure a permanent deal the following year.

He is two games shy of 100 for Spurs and, while he can be reckless with his tackling at times, is beginning to form a promising partnership with Micky van de Ven.

Maddison was handed Kane's No10 shirt after arriving at Spurs and hit the ground running with three goals and five assists in his opening 11 matches.

But after getting injured against Chelsea in October, he failed to return with the same sharpness - managing just five goal contributions in 15 league matches as he missed out on England's final 26-man squad for the Euros.

Sanchez joined Spurs from Ajax in 2017 and played more than 200 games across a six-year spell.

But he was always considered a somewhat erratic defender who did not play more than 20 games in a Premier League season from 2020 onwards.

Porro was another signing who originally arrived on loan in January 2023, before he signed permanently last summer.

He has 54 appearances for Spurs under his belt, scoring seven goals and impressing under Postecoglou this season.

Rapid Dutch centre-back Van de Ven was named Spurs Player of the Season in his first campaign at the club.

His pace, athleticism, and technical ability on the ball have made him arguably Postecoglou's best signing to date.

Sissoko came to North London for a substantial fee after being relegated with Newcastle and went on to enjoy five years at Tottenham, playing more than 200 games.

Unfortunately for the French midfielder, he is best-known for giving away a controversial penalty for handball in the first minute of Spurs' 2-0 Champions League final defeat to Liverpool in 2019.

Lo Celso joined on loan from Real Betis in 2019 - a deal that was made permanent the following season.

He has 10 goals and eight assists in 108 games, with some Spurs fans still unsure about the Argentine.

Ndombele joined from Lyon in 2019 with huge expectations after shattering Tottenham's transfer record.

But he would go on to play just 91 times for the club, scoring 10 goals and is now set to leave one year before the end of his contract.

Richarlison almost broke the £50m mark when he arrived from Everton in 2022 as Harry Kane's back-up.

And while his tally of 12 goals this season was a significant increase on the three from his opening Spurs campaign, he is being linked with a departure this summer.

Johnson was signed by Ange Postecoglou last summer and has impressed in patches during his first season in North London.

He scored five goals and 10 assists in 38 games and will look to build on that in the 2024/25 campaign.

Romero initially joined on loan from Atalanta in 2021, before his impressive displays saw him secure a permanent deal the following year.

He is two games shy of 100 for Spurs and, while he can be reckless with his tackling at times, is beginning to form a promising partnership with Micky van de Ven.

Maddison was handed Kane's No10 shirt after arriving at Spurs and hit the ground running with three goals and five assists in his opening 11 matches.

But after getting injured against Chelsea in October, he failed to return with the same sharpness - managing just five goal contributions in 15 league matches as he missed out on England's final 26-man squad for the Euros.

Sanchez joined Spurs from Ajax in 2017 and played more than 200 games across a six-year spell.

But he was always considered a somewhat erratic defender who did not play more than 20 games in a Premier League season from 2020 onwards.

Porro was another signing who originally arrived on loan in January 2023, before he signed permanently last summer.

He has 54 appearances for Spurs under his belt, scoring seven goals and impressing under Postecoglou this season.

Rapid Dutch centre-back Van de Ven was named Spurs Player of the Season in his first campaign at the club.

His pace, athleticism, and technical ability on the ball have made him arguably Postecoglou's best signing to date.

Sissoko came to North London for a substantial fee after being relegated with Newcastle and went on to enjoy five years at Tottenham, playing more than 200 games.

Unfortunately for the French midfielder, he is best-known for giving away a controversial penalty for handball in the first minute of Spurs' 2-0 Champions League final defeat to Liverpool in 2019.

Lo Celso joined on loan from Real Betis in 2019 - a deal that was made permanent the following season.

He has 10 goals and eight assists in 108 games, with some Spurs fans still unsure about the Argentine.

OH, mate.

Just when things looked like they could not get much worse for Ange Postecoglou, his side go and produce a first 45 like this.

Not just the poorest Spurs half of this nightmare of a campaign, but perhaps in recent memory.

Postecoglou's men scored twice after the break to add some late drama.

But it did not mask over a pathetic opening period which left serious question marks over whether the relatable Aussie can survive in his role - injuries or no injuries, cup runs or no cup runs.

Shot-shy Everton had failed to score in five of their last six league games before Big Ange’s fragile side came to town.

But the Toffees sensed blood and turned from toothless to ruthless, smashing in three goals before half-time.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin, who could have had a hat-trick, got the ball rolling, before an Iliman Ndiaye stunner and an Archie Gray own goal in stoppage time.

As the Spurs fans self-deprecatingly say whenever their side somehow loses to a team woefully out of form, ‘Dr Tottenham will see you now’.

But the first half was worse than a painful GP appointment and led to the humiliated North Londoners adding a 12th defeat out of their 22 Prem fixtures, having won just one of their last ten.

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Dejan Kulusevski, Spurs’ best player this season by a country mile, barely registered a reaction when his clever chip reduced the deficit after the break.

Everton old-boy Richarlison snuck one in stoppage time but in the end it just put a more flattering look to the scoreline, and did not stop Spurs’ winless run to six Prem games.

The last time they did that came in January 2009, a few months on from the infamous ‘two points from eight games’ start that saw Juande Ramos given the tin tack.

Remember, Ramos remains the last boss to win Spurs a trophy, having clinched the League Cup in February 2008.

That success did not save the Spaniard, nor did reaching the same competition’s final 13 years on for a certain Jose Mourinho.

So Postecoglou will have no illusions that his own feat of making the Carabao Cup semi-final, in which they hold a 1-0 lead over Liverpool going into next month’s second leg, will guarantee his safety.

Injuries have decimated his team - and here they had Dominic Solanke, Brennan Johnson and Yves Bissouma added to the casualty list before kick-off.

But pinning their hopeless form and this particularly bad display purely on crocks will not wash with fed-up fans, and he knows it.

Especially when other teams have their own injury issues, such as Bournemouth who managed to wallop in-form Newcastle with nine players out on Saturday lunchtime.

Postecoglou batted away a question about his side being in a relegation scrap on Friday.

But there is no denying they are showing relegation form with their first-half display a Championship-level offering.

David Moyes, who faced Postecoglou in his first-ever Spurs game as West Ham boss in Perth for a pre-season friendly in July 2023, had taken the ex-Celtic chief’s tag as the Premier League’s oldest manager when re-taking the reins at Everton this month.

And the wily Scot used all his experience to exploit every vulnerability in Postecoglou’s patched-up side to pulverise them in the first 45.

Long balls exposed the visitors’ high line, while the hybrid back three they used - a rare formation tweak from Postecoglou - did not work.

While the inclusion of man mountain Jake O’Brien at right-back helped Moyes’ side tower over Spurs at set-pieces.

It was 3-0 by the break, but it should have been five.

Calvert-Lewin took his first brilliantly, tying Gray in knots with some twinkle-toe touches before slotting the ball in at the near post.

Watching that strike, observers - which included England boss Thomas Tuchel - would never have guessed the forward had not netted in his previous 17 league games.

The way Calvert-Lewin messed up a great opportunity soon after provided more of an insight to his recent struggles, though.

Jarrad Branthwaite’s simple ball over the top left Spurs’ defence all at sea, but Calvert-Lewin’s second touch when trying to control it bounced off his knee.

It allowed a timely intervention from goalie Antonin Kinsky, who also turned an Orel Mangala shot on to the post shortly after.

Just before then, Spurs had a super chance to level but captain Son Heung-min had no conviction in his strike after being teed up by Kulusevski.

Postecoglou had urged his experienced players to step up ahead of his game but the South Korean let him down with his finish here.

Everton scored twice at home in a league game for the first time since February 2022 when Ndiaye took centre-stage.

The ex-Sheffield United man ran almost from his halfway line, ghosted past Radu Dragusin and thumped it high into the net.

Embarrassment was ensured when the unlucky Gray steered in a Calvert-Lewin flick after James Tarkowski’s knock-down with seven minutes of first-half injury-time on the clock.

Spurs did improve after the break, they had to, and managed to net when Kulusevski expertly dinked the ball over four Everton defenders with Jordan Pickford out of his goal.

Richarlison squirmed home a great cross from fellow sub Mikey Moore in injury time.

Yet the abominable first half had already done the damage, with Spurs’ chairman Daniel Levy will have noted in the director’s box.

FORMER Spurs star Garry Brooke who won the Uefa Cup and two FA Cups has died aged 64.

The midfielder passed away on Saturday morning following a lengthy battle with illness.

Brooke, who was born in Bethnal Green, East London, joined the club as a ten-year-old in 1971.

Ten years later, he was a substitute in the 100th FA Cup final, coming on for superstar Ricky Villa in the 1-1 draw with Manchester City at Wembley.

The Englishman watched from the bench five days later as the Argentine World Cup winner produced a memorable piece of individual magic and scored twice to win the replay 3-2.

Despite suffering with a long injury lay-off the next season, Brooke recovered to play in the 1982 FA Cup final and subsequent replay against QPR, both times as a substitute, collecting a second winner’s medal.

A serious car accident in February 1983 left him fighting for his life and he was never the same player again – though he did play a part in the early rounds of Spurs’ 1983/84 UEFA Cup success.

Brooke, a father-of-two, played for a number of other clubs, including Norwich, Dutch side Groningen, Wimbledon, Brentford and Reading before moving into non-league.

After playing professionally, he coached in local schools and also worked as a matchday reporter for the Press Association and OPTA stats gurus at both Spurs and Leyton Orient.

A statement from Tottenham said: "We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our former player Garry Brooke this morning, following a lengthy battle with illness.

"Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this impossibly difficult time."

Norwich City posted: "All at Norwich City are saddened to learn of the passing of former player Garry Brooke after a battle with illness.

"We pass on our sincere condolences to Garry's loved ones at this sad time."

Osvaldo "Ossie" Ardiles, who managed Brooke from 1978 through to 1985, said on social media: "Very very sad news. Gary was a wonderful player and even more a wonderful friend.

"My thoughts and prayers with your family and friends.

"Very honoured to have played football with you and been your friend. Rest in peace dear Brooksy."

TOTTENHAM should sack Ange Postecoglou, claims the club's former chief executive Claude Littner.

The 75-year-old will be most familiar to many football fans as Alan Sugar's right-hand man on The Apprentice.

During Lord Sugar's ownership of Spurs in the 1990s, however, Littner worked as chief executive at White Hart Lane.

He resigned as one of the club's directors in 2001, around the time that Daniel Levy became chairman.

Following Tottenham's 2-1 North London derby defeat to Arsenal earlier this week, a fan wrote on X: "Well @claudelittner can you please have a word with levy and tell him to fire postocoglou."

Littner responded: "I have no influence over Daniel. I believe he has the best interests of Spurs at heart.

"I would dismiss Ange. He is way out of his depth."

Littner then added his opinion on Tottenham's ownership situation.

He continued: "Daniel is no fool & urgently needs a buyer with deep pockets to acquire the Club & invest in top players.

"The sooner, the better."

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Tottenham are languishing in 14th in the Premier League with just 24 points from 21 games.

They have won just one of their last nine Prem matches, and are closer to the relegation zone than the European places.

Postecoglou now has a worse win percentage as Spurs boss than unpopular former managers Antonio Conte and Jose Mourinho.

But for now at least, it's claimed that Tottenham chiefs are not planning to make a change.

One saving grace for Postecoglou this season has been Spurs' performances in the cups.

Having knocked out both Manchester clubs in previous rounds, Tottenham hold a slender 1-0 semi-final lead over Liverpool in the Carabao Cup, ahead of next month's Anfield second leg.

Spurs are ninth in the Europa League league phase and will likely achieve a top eight finish with wins in their remaining two games, against Hoffenheim and Elfsborg.