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Regardless of how Ange Postecoglou’s future pans out, Tottenham Hotspur’s need of bolstering their squad in the summer transfer window is indisputable.

While Tottenham could revive their reputation by winning the Europa League, it is questionable whether even winning such a prestigious trophy will deem their season as a success due to their struggles for most of the campaign.

Daniel Levy will be determined to do everything in his power to equip Spurs with the best-possible squad next season so they can show the progress they did during the previous term.

One player who is on the Lilywhites’ radar is Nico Paz, who has impressed Tottenham’s scouts.

However, Real Madrid are eyeing Tottenham target Paz, who they sold to Como but still have a buyback clause to bring him back to the Santiago Bernabeu.

Xabi Alonso could help Tottenham seal Nico Paz signing

Tottenham’s eternal rivals Arsenal showed interest in signing Paz as well but Real Madrid are keen on him staying in Italy for another season and returning to the Spanish capital in 2026.

But Fabrizio Romano has revealed that Nico Paz’s future depends on Real Madrid’s replacement for Carlo Ancelotti, who looks likely to be Xabi Alonso wishes to work with him — which could be a plus for Tottenham.

“Nico Paz, Como, this week told Real Madrid once again that they want to keep Nico Paz for one more season. Real Madrid have a buyback clause and a 50 per cent sell-on clause. Como are prepared to do everything to keep Nico Paz at the club but Real Madrid say, ‘okay, let’s discuss as soon as we clarify the coach situation.’ So, the coach situation will be really important to understand what Xabi or let’s see what happens but eventually, Xabi, who is the clear favourite will decide on Nico Paz.”

“But this shows how the coach situation is evolving as Real Madrid will make a decision on several things, including Nico Paz in the next days and weeks.”

If Xabi Alonso does not fancy Paz, Tottenham could pounce upon the chance to sign him in the summer.

Alonso could bring Florian Wirtz to Real Madrid, who plays in the same position as the Argentine and as a result, Spurs should try their hand at signing him — considering they are one of the biggest clubs in Europe and would offer the 20-year-old a huge step-up in his career from Como — who are sitting in 13th place in Serie A.

With Dejan Kulusevski almost having excessive responsibility in the number 10 role this season, Paz could help him shoulder the burden of making Tottenham tick if they did sign him.

Nico Paz has already revealed his “dream” move

While Ange Postecoglou and Co will be hoping to lure the youngster, he has already had a say on his future.

Paz revealed he dreams of representing Real Madrid one day and Tottenham will have to sell their project to him to persuade the highly-rated number 10 to change his mind — who Cesc Fabregas revealed they value over £50 million.

The Santa Cruz de Tenerife-born attacker said in February: “For now, I’m not planning my future yet, I’m focused on Como. Then who knows, my dream would be to return to play for Real Madrid one day.”

Guglielmo Vicario has shared his honest thoughts on how he feels about Ange Postecoglou after Tottenham Hotspur reached the final four of the Europa League.

Ange Postecoglou helped Tottenham Hotspur reach just their second semi-final of a European competition in the last 40 years.

Dominic Solanke’s first-half penalty was the winning moment in the tie as the North London club produced a coming-of-age performance to see the win over the line.

After the win in Germany, Tottenham’s goalkeeper shared his honest thoughts on Postecoglou, who has been under real pressure this season to keep his job.

Guglielmo Vicario ‘really believes’ in Ange Postecoglou

Guglielmo Vicario insists that he still ‘really believes’ in Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou in the aftermath of their win over Frankfurt.

The Italian was so proud of the team’s performance against the Bundesliga club, and he is confident Spurs can achieve something special this season if they replicate that performance going forward.

Vicario told SpursOfficial: “I really believe in this football club, I really believe in this manager, in the way we want to play. If we suffer the way we did tonight, we can achieve big, big things.”

Coming from such a big voice in the dressing room, it is a strong indication as to why the North London club have stuck behind Ange Postecoglou despite calls for him to be sacked.

Ange Postecoglou still has support of Tottenham dressing room

Alasdair Gold believes that Postecoglou still has the full support of the Spurs dressing room because of the performance his team produced against Frankfurt.

The Tottenham journalist insists you do not get such a level of commitment from your players in the way Postecoglou did against Frankfurt if they are not in full support of him.

Gold said on YouTube: “What was important for me is that the players showed on the night that they’re still fully behind Postecoglou. Van de Ven said that in the press conference ahead of the game, he was very strong on that, and you could see that.

“Look, such a disciplined and brave display does not come from a team that is abandoning their manager, it just doesn’t. I know every time there is a defeat, everyone quickly says, ‘He’s lost the dressing room, the players aren’t playing for him,’ you do not get what happened last night if the manager does not have the support of the dressing room.”

TBR Football understands that Daniel Levy remains keen on bringing Fabio Paratici back to Tottenham Hotspur after his talks with AC Milan collapsed.

Paratici’s move to Milan is off despite an initial agreement, after further talks with Milan CEO Giorgio Furlani saw them back away from a deal. Milan are now talking to Tony D’Amico and Igli Tare.

Paratici can return to football in July and Spurs’ appointment of Vinai Venkatesham does not impact these plans to bring the Italian back to North London.

Venkatesham was made aware of Daniel Levy’s plans before he accepted the newly formed role as Spurs’ CEO.

Daniel Levy wants Fabio Paratici back at Tottenham

Daniel Levy and Fabio Paratici have already held talks about his return to Tottenham Hotspur, sources have told TBR Football chief correspondent Graeme Bailey.

The Italian director will be available for work when his FIFA ban is lifted on June 30 and the North London club have already started work on his return.

Paratici did an incredible job at Spurs during his 18-month stint at the football club having signed the likes of Dejan Kulusevski, Cristian Romero, Pedro Porro, Destiny Udogie and Djed Spence.

Now, the Lilywhites are keen to get him back involved, with Bailey telling TBR Football: “The question is, does Paratici have a full-time role? They have had talks about him doing a Luis Campos type role as ‘football advisor’ – that could be the way forward, initially.”

What might Fabio Paratici’s return mean for Johan Lange at Tottenham?

Scott Munn’s future at the club is already in doubt following Venkatesham’s appointment, but doubts over Johan Lange’s future could also arise should Paratici return.

Lange has had mixed fortunes during his time at the club, having overseen signings like Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall.

“I think Munn and Lange will be the victims with Vinai coming in and Paratici doing the transfer stuff, personally,” added Bailey.

Atletico Madrid have now added a second Tottenham Hotspur player to their transfer wishlist having already set their sights on Cristian Romero.

Tottenham Hotspur look set for a big summer of change with Ange Postecoglou’s future still in doubt and several players expected to leave.

One of the players who could depart North London in the summer is Romero, who has paused his contract with Spurs and is strongly linked with a move to Atletico Madrid in the summer.

The Spanish giants are now targeting another player from the North London club, although his recent performance will mean Spurs won’t be keen to sell.

Atletico Madrid have now set their sights on Rodrigo Bentancur

Atletico Madrid have added Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur to Diego Simeone’s list of transfer targets this summer, according to The Mirror.

Simeone is prioritising a move for Cristian Romero as he looks to add to his defensive options, but he is also keen on signing a new midfielder.

Tottenham’s Uruguayan international is another player whom the Atletico boss appears to like, and now, the 27-year-old could join Romero in making the switch to the Spanish capital.

Tottenham has been in talks with Bentancur over a new contract, although his future is likely to be determined by whoever is in charge of the team next season.

Rodrigo Bentancur produced his best game of the season vs Frankfurt

Bentancur saved his best performance of the season for Tottenham’s 1-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt in what was a coming-of-age performance for Postecoglou’s team.

The 27-year-old was crucial in the middle of the park for Tottenham as he showed signs of getting back to his best in Lilywhite.

Injuries have hampered his time in North London over the last year or so, but his recent displays have shown very promising signs that he could be getting back to his best.

Tottenham Hotspur may well be in the market for a new manager before too long.

Indeed, Ange Postecoglou is likely to be sacked at the end of the season after dragging Spurs down to being a bottom-half side this term.

Tottenham have a few managerial targets in mind – Marco Silva has been linked to Spurs lately.

However, Andoni Iraola is Tottenham’s top target after a fantastic season at Bournemouth.

Iraola has been ‘brilliant’ for Bournemouth this season, but Iraola is expected to stay at Bournemouth.

Speaking on The Transfers Podcast, Duncan Castles has been discussing Spurs’ links to Iraola, and he says that the Spaniard has actually already declined the chance to speak to Tottenham.

Andoni Iraola has rejected Tottenham

Castles shared what he knows about Iraola and Spurs.

The journalist says that Spurs have actually asked Iraola to have a chat recently, but the Bournemouth boss has been quick to knock Spurs back, instead opting to speak to Bournemouth about staying at the Vitality Stadium instead.

“He’s been talked about as a candidate to replace Ange Postecoglou at Tottenham for months now, mainly because Tottenham has been the most obvious well-financed Premier League club who have been, there’s been an expectation that they might change coach in the, through this season and in the summer. Interestingly, my guidance on this is that Tottenham’s approaches to Iraola have been rebuffed by the manager.

“He has been invited, I’m told, to speak to them about that position and has actually declined to do so. And instead has been having conversations with Bournemouth, informal conversation with Bournemouth for several weeks now, about not only continuing on his current contract, but signing a new contract to extend there. The club understandably love him, not just because of his results on the field, but because of his personality, the way he works.

“They find him a really useful coach to have in terms of building a squad, handling that squad and dealing with the media on a regular basis. They’re currently on course to qualify for Europe with an eighth place finish. They’ve won 32 and drawn 19 of his 81 matches in charge.”

Tottenham’s previous managerial searches

Tottenham’s search for a new manager has seemingly already started, and it’s already hit something of a dead end.

Spurs have been knocked back by Iraola, while Tony Khan has made it clear he wants Marco Silva to stay.

Tottenham have hit a brick wall already in their managerial search, and we’ve been here before.

Back in 2021, Spurs went all around the houses looking at different managers, only to be rejected by a number of candidates.

Meanwhile, Spurs also looked at a number of managers in 2023 before settling on Ange Postecoglou.

Ultimately, Tottenham would end up hiring Nuno Espirito Santo and Postecoglou after these failed managerial searches, and they will be hoping for a much smoother process this time around.

Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal and Newcastle United are likely to have busy summers on the transfer front.

Tottenham will be eager to strengthen their ranks in wake of a difficult season that has seen them in the lower reaches of the Premier League table.

Meanwhile, Arsenal are shining in the Champions League but will likely want to reinforce so they can challenge on multiple fronts.

Newcastle are enjoying a great end to the season and will fancy their chances of Champions League qualification.

Most of their centre-back options are above 30 years of age, so they’ll likely want to sign new centre-backs with a view to the future.

All three clubs have been linked with a 23-year-old defender likened to Sergio Ramos who could cost as little as £22million this summer.

The player in question is Malick Thiaw, who has been a regular for AC Milan this season and has also been capped for Germany.

Arsenal, Tottenham, Newcastle and Nottingham Forest are ‘monitoring the situation’ of the player, according to Calciomercato.it.

However, they will be up against Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen, who are said to have already come forward for the 23-year-old.

Thiaw is a ‘main candidate’ to leave Milan in the next few months and they want a fee of €25-30million (£21.5-25.7million) to sell him, added the report.

TBR Football chief correspondent Graeme Bailey recently confirmed that Newcastle, Spurs and West Ham United are all circling around Thiaw.

Thiaw is not unhappy at Milan, but whoever is coach at the club next season is key for Thiaw’s future, TBR Football sources understand.

Head coach Sergio Conceicao has had a difficult season, with the club currently ninth in the Serie A table.

What Malick Thiaw could bring to the Premier League

Thiaw has shown great quality and superb potential over the past few years, suggesting he could now be ready for a big move to the Premier League.

In 2023, BILD deemed Thiaw one of the ‘greatest talents in Europe’ and, at just 23 years of age, he already has 83 Milan appearances to his name, plus three Germany caps.

The AC Milan website ran a ‘six things to know about Thiaw’ article after he joined, and they noted how has been compared to Sergio Ramos and Joel Matip.

As per Sempremilan, Thiaw’s one-on-one ability is good, while his ‘ball reading and tactical understanding is of the highest quality’.

In addition, his height and physicality make Thiaw a threat in terms of aerial duels, plus he’s ‘deceptively quick’, proactive in terms of pressing, and a decent passer.

Daniel Levy is right to take a forensic approach to Tottenham’s stadium naming rights search. After all, they are selling a piece of the club’s soul. finding the right partner deserves due diligence.

But it’s a fine line between meticulousness and stasis. Six years into their residence at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Spurs have probably crossed that line.

And given that Daniel Levy doesn’t budge from his self-sufficient model, any lost revenue directly impacts the budget available to Johan Lange and Ange Postecoglou, or whoever is in charge next season.

Levy himself has suggested that Spurs are in no hurry to secure a naming rights deal because of the benefits associated with having the club name above the door when Beyonce or the NFL come to town.

There is real value in that, true. The club themselves estimate that 5.9 billion people are interested in events at the stadium, which is about 80 per cent of the world’s population.

That’s the kind of – and Tottenham fans are rightly sick of hearing their club talked about in these clinical terms – ‘brand exposure’ that is arguably worth more than a £20m-a-year naming rights deal.

But if that’s the route ENIC are taking, they need to clarify. At present, fans are in purgatory and stuck with a placeholder name. That matters when this place is supposed to be the beating heart of the club.

For now, they’re stuck with the clunky ‘Tottenham Hotspur Stadium’, ‘New White Hart Lane’, or simply ‘the stadium’.

And, as an aside, the club says it wants to be called ‘Spurs’ by broadcasters and the press for marketing purposes. If that’s the case, they don’t even have their preferred name above the door anyway.

With Spurs a miserable 15th in the Premier League and focusing their energy on the Europa League ahead of tonight’s quarter-final second leg at Eintracht Frankfurt, naming rights aren’t the current priority.

But TBR Football understands that the search is not on ice – more on that later.

And significantly, there is a new CEO in N17. Could Vinai Venkatesham, formerly of Arsenal, light a fire under negotiations with would-be partners?

Could new Spurs CEO breathe life into Tottenham’s stadium naming rights search?

Spurs want at least £200m for the naming rights for the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium over the course of a 10-year-plus deal.

And with Vinai Venkatesham starting his new post in the summer, the highly experienced former Arsenal executive will likely count the naming rights search among his responsibilities

Speaking exclusively to TBR Football, University of Liverpool football finance lecturer Kieran Maguire – who is well-connected in the industry – explored whether £200m is still a realistic target for the new CEO.

“In terms of the naming right, my understanding is that a few potential sponsor have had their fingers burnt by Spurs,” said the Price of Football author and podcast host.

“They though they were making progress only for it to be snatched away at the last minute.

“Levy will always try to extract maximum value for Spurs but that can have a reverse impact when the deals ultimately aren’t signed off.”

Football is perhaps better insulated to fluctuations in global markets than most industries, but it does not exist in a vacuum.

And with the United States government behaving unpredictably with its programme of global tariffs, could potential Spurs naming rights partners be dissuaded from investing in North London?

“We are operating in a very uncertain global economic environment,” says Maguire, “and I wonder if some potential naming rights partners might decide to wait and see.

“Until things start to crystalise with the United States government’s policies, they might be reluctant to spend money on something which some people might regard as frivolous, i.e., a naming rights deal.

“I’m not convinced that any potential American partners would want to go ahead with a deal at this moment in time.

“Tariffs wouldn’t be an issue per se as it is money being spent in the UK but it’s more about whether a company itself might be suffering. Many US companies are suffering because they use global supply chains.

“The profits are kept in the US but can be hit by the costs of materials, labour and overheads might increase.

“Equally, American consumers might take a dim view of a US company sponsoring a British sports entity in Spurs given that there is an effort to decouple their respective economies.”

How will Daniel Levy and Vinai Venkatesham cooperate?

Away from naming rights, Venkatesham will also be responsible for co-running a club captured by a sense of drift in recent years. Halting that malaise – both on and off the pitch – is a tall order.

Levy and Venkatesham enjoy a strong professional relationship. The two have cooperated well as members of the European Club Association and at Premier League shareholder meetings.

But there is no doubt who top dog will be given that Levy is simultaneously Tottenham’s most senior executive, an omnipresent at club’s headquarters in Enfield, and a major shareholder.

“There is a meeting of minds here in terms of not treating Spurs as a trophy asset but rather as an independent business in its own right,” says Maguire, assessing how the two men might work together.

“That will tick boxes for Levy. He will have asked if if he likes him, if he trusts him, and if he can do the job. Venkatesham has a similar mindset with the chairman who is already here.

“At the same time, Levy likes to micromanage. Having a chairman who – in reality – probably wants to be the CEO can lead to a conflict of personalities.

“We’ll await the outcome of the relationship with interest.”

What we’re hearing about Tottenham’s naming rights search

TBR Football has been told that Google, Amazon, Uber and FedEx have all held talks with Spurs at some stage in the process, though the status of any of those negotiations is not known.

More recently, the German logistics company DHL – who are already an active player in the naming rights racket – were understood to have been in advanced talks with Tottenham.

However, those negotiations could be contingent on the North London club’s search for a new equity partner. Amanda Staveley and Qatari sovereign wealth are among the parties linked with that deal.

Any new investor would want a say in a commercial contract that will affect Spurs for the next decade, and there would need to be brand alignment between a new-look ownership and a sponsor.

Interestingly, TBR Football has also been told that the status of Sky Sports’ discussion with the NFL regarding their soon-to-expire UK media deal could also move the needle in the naming rights search.

Being able to guarantee coverage of the NFL domestically is a factor for Spurs, who want to their stadium to remain the home of American football in Europe.

That is not as guaranteed as it might have been previously, with Manchester United’s planned 100,000-seater stadium a potential rival, or at least a venue that could take some of their market share.

Who is leading leading talks with potential naming rights partners in North London?

Another detail – we don’t know who is actually leading the search for a naming rights partner.

Levy and Venkatesham will have final sign-off, but Spurs don’t have a chief commercial officer in place following Todd Kline’s departure to Chelsea.

Chief revenue officer Ryan Norys is the most likely candidate. That bodes well for the club as Norys and his commercial team are rated among the very best in the business.

Spurs’ commercial income – a revenue category encompassing sponsorship, retail and events – has almost quadrupled since their last match at White Hart Lane.

If the club is to get back on its feet, the commercial department’s work will be central to that.

To say Daniel Levy is a divisive figure at Tottenham is an understatement.

Levy does have his backers, some believe that Levy has worked wonders at Tottenham in building a new stadium and a new training ground while raising the commercial profile of the club to unprecedented heights.

However, fans mostly just care about the football on the pitch, and it’s fair to say things aren’t going well for Tottenham this season.

Spurs sit in the bottom-half of the Premier League table, and Ange Postecoglou could be sacked soon.

Postecoglou is under pressure, but there have also been prostests against Levy.

However, the Spurs leadership structure is set to change soon as Vinai Venkatesham is set to join as the club’s new CEO.

Venkatesham is set to join Spurs, but according to Dan Kilpatrick, speaking on The Lab Podcast, Levy’s role won’t change too much.

However, intriguingly, Kilpatrick did note that there’s something about Levy’s role at Tottenham that has changed recently.

What Daniel Levy has stopped doing as much at Tottenham

Kilpatrick spoke about Venkatesham’s arrival at Spurs, and how that may affect Levy.

The journalist says that Levy’s role won’t change, but, interestingly, he did note that in recet years, Levy has been seen less and less at the training ground, particularly after the sacking of Mauricio Pochettino.

“I just don’t see this as something that’s going to somehow dilute Levy’s stranglehold on the club. If anything, everything we hear points to the fact that even if he was to sell a stake in the club, or even if he was to sell the controlling stake in the club, Levy still wants to stay on and be in control and be involved.

“So it doesn’t seem to me like he’s preparing to somehow step away from it and hand over control and take a back seat. It seems to me that he is as engaged as ever. He’s less visible at the training ground than perhaps he was in the Pochettino era, but I don’t get the impression that any of the big decisions are being handed over to someone else.”

Tottenham’s power structure analysed

Levy is at the training ground less and less these days, and that may be a role that Venkatesham takes a bit more of a hand-on approach in when he arrives at Spurs.

Interestingly, Kilpatrick spoke about Venkatesham earlier this week on The Tottenham Way Podcast, claiming that he’s been told that the former Arsenal chief is a very savvy operator.

“From what I know about Vinai, you know, he is a very competent football executive. He obviously oversaw, you know, a period of really positive growth for Arsenal when he was the chief executive, you know, I think he got that job in 2020, perhaps. I think he was football something or other,” Kilpatrick said.

“So Vinai was a part of that. You know, he’s joining in the summer. You know, I don’t know what it means for kind of the broader politics of Spurs.”

Tottenham have had a few background shake-ups in recent years.

Fabio Paratici was banned from football, and that led to the arrival of Johan Lange.

However, Paratici has still been involved at Tottenham on a consultancy basis.

while Scott Munn also plays some sort of role behind the scenes alongside Levy, and soon, Venkatesham.

Tottenham are a bit of a mess on the pitch at the moment, and it would appear that there’s also a bit of a ‘too many cooks’ situation brewing behind the scenes too.

It will be interesting to see how Spurs’ structure changes this summer, especially if a new manager is hired.

TBR Football can exclusively confirm that Newcastle United are still keen on AC Milan defender Malick Thiaw, but Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United are also circling.

The Magpies were heavily linked with Thiaw last summer, but nothing came of the speculation and the Germany international stayed put at the San Siro.

With three of Newcastle’s main centre-backs over 30 years of age, the club is now looking at long-term options in the centre of defence.

TBR Football can also confirm what Thiaw thinks about a potential summer move away from Milan amid interest from the Premier League.

Malick Thiaw not unhappy at AC Milan but much depends on who the coach will be next season

TBR Football chief correspondent Graeme Bailey has confirmed that Newcastle are still very much keen on Thiaw ahead of the summer transfer window.

Tottenham also like the 23-year-old, as do West Ham, with both London clubs keen on strengthening their ranks after struggling in the league this term.

Premier League clubs like Thiaw a lot, but he’s getting a lot of game time at present and is not unhappy at Milan.

Whoever is coach at Milan next season is key for Thiaw’s future – Sergio Conceicao has had a difficult season, with the club currently ninth in the Serie A table.

TBR Football sources also understand that, as far as Milan defenders go, Fikayo Tomori is more likely to go this summer than Thiaw.

What Malick Thiaw could bring to the Premier League

Thiaw has enjoyed a rise to prominance at the highest levels of European football over the past few years.

In 2023, BILD deemed Thiaw one of the ‘greatest talents in Europe’ and, at just 23 years of age, he already has 83 Milan appearances to his name, plus three Germany caps.

The AC Milan website noted how Thiaw has been compared to Sergio Ramos and Joel Matip, two of the greatest defenders of their respective eras.

As per Sempremilan, Thiaw’s one-on-one ability is good, while his ‘ball reading and tactical understanding is of the highest quality’.

In addition, his height and physicality make him good in aerial duels, he’s ‘deceptively quick’, proactive in terms of pressing, and a decent passer.

Tottenham Hotspur are having a terrible season, and it’s been tough to not feel sorry for certain Spurs players this season.

Indeed, Micky van de Ven has been terrorised by injuries, while Lucas Bergvall was given stick at the weekend for a mistake he made at the age of just 19.

However, perhaps the most sympathetic figure at Spurs this season has been Archie Gray.

Gray has done a good job this season, but he’s had to play wildly out of position for most of the campaign.

Indeed, Gray was signed as a midfielder for Spurs, but he spent most of this season at centre-back.

Speaking on The Dressing Room Podcast, Carlton Cole has been discussing Gray’s situation at Spurs this season, and he’s been left utterly baffled.

Carlton Cole baffled by Archie Gray playing at centre-back

Cole struggled to get his head around the fact that Gray has been playing at centre-half as when he coached him at youth level at England U17s, he was actually playing as a striker.

The pundit has been baffled by this situation, questioning why this is happening.

“Archie Gray. Yeah. Why is he playing centre-half? When I coached him for England under 17s, right? He was up front,” Cole said.

“I’m seeing him in the Premier League he’s playing centre-half.

“I’m thinking, what’s going on here? Why are you ripping the boy’s dreams?”

Archie Gray’s positions at Tottenham

Gray has had a terrible first season at Tottenham.

On a personal level, the £40m man has played quite well at times, but this has not been a useful environment for a 19-year-old looking to develop into a top player.

Spurs’ squad has been devoured by injuries this season, and the manager has been under massive pressure too.

All of that has meant that Gray has had to play out of position pretty much all season long, as the stats show.

At the age of 19, you want stability, you want to develop and you want to figure out who you are as a player, but Gray hasn’t had that opportunity this season.

Cole asks what has gone on with Gray this season, but the real question is, what has gone on at Tottenham this season?