• ‘We are in a period when we are fragile’ says Pochettino• Spurs play Red Star Belgrade after one point from two gamesFor Mauricio Pochettino it has long been a default response, a way to sidestep awkward questions. “Rumours,” the
Tottenham manager says and, with it, he brings down the curtain on various subjects.
The rumours, as Pochettino would have them, are rife because Spurs are at such a low ebb, having won only three games all season. Harry Kane was asked on Monday whether it was the toughest period the team had been through in five and a bit years under Pochettino. “Yeah, probably, I’d say so,” Kane replied.