Today’s tittle-tattle didn’t get where it is by learning about the ‘them and us’ situation which bedevils
British industry so tragically
Continuing to haemorrhage goals under José Mourinho,
Tottenham Hotspur are in need of a central defender and may try to sign Chris Smalling from Manchester United. Having proved uncharacteristically reliable since going on loan to Roma, Smalling has an admirer in Mourinho, but he and his family are enjoying life in
Italy and may decide to stay in the capital.
Spurs are also being linked with a move for RB Leipzig’s Swedish winger Emil Forsberg, who has been frozen out of the Bundesliga side and made no secret of his desire to leave for pastures less glacial. “It’s not going well,” he said. “I don’t have to prove myself anymore. I have a contract, but everyone knows that I dream of playing in another league again.”