Squad morale is ‘very down’ before Sunday’s visit of LiverpoolSpurs are reeling from postponements and training disruptionFirst the good news. Antonio Conte said on Friday lunchtime that of the nine first-team players to have tested positive for Covid over a tumultuous two weeks or so at
Tottenham, only two remained in isolation. “Now the situation is good for us … now we are going out of this situation,” the manager said. And yet, as Sunday’s visit of a rampant
Liverpool heaves into view, it is plain that things are a long way from being ideal.
The broad outline of the Spurs outbreak, which took hold around the Norwich game on 5 December and was the first of several to derail
Premier League clubs this season, is instructive. On top of the first-team player cases, Conte said that seven members of staff had returned positive tests plus “many, many” under-23 players.