And he recalled his playing days as a defender with Espanyol in the 1999-2000 season when he nearly jumped ship to Ranieri’s Atletico Madrid. But Ranieri said that additional signings are unlikely. Does Tottenham really need a third competition while they seek to finish in the Premier League top four – at least – while also going for a Europa League trophy? The deal was done and I had agreed to go but there wasn’t the money – it was impossible to pay because there was a takeover at the club.
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“He said I was lucky because it was the year Atletico went down! Tomorrow I will check on him”, the Italian told reporters.
“As a coach I’m very happy for him”. He enjoyed a fantastic season at Southampton.
Within three minutes of the restart, Shinji Okazaki had given Leicester the lead after breaking through the Spurs defence to prod the ball beyond goalkeeper Michel Vorm.
Harry Kane was in a buoyant mood after scoring a very important penalty for Tottenham on Sunday.
“Step by step we are building to try in the future to fight for the Champions League”.
“They have everything – the wider areas, the central midfielders, the strikers, everybody”.
“We have got a lot of young players raring to go who are getting better and better with each game and that is all we have got to do, keep working hard on the training field”.
888Sport are offering new customers huge enhanced odds of 132/1 on Arsenal, Tottenham and Man City to win and both teams to score in their games on Wednesday.
The highest-profile FA Cup match of the round pits two of the Premier League’s top four teams against one another.
Spurs are four points behind Leicester in fourth, with the Foxes hopeful 15-goal Jamie Vardy will recover from a minor groin operation to play on Wednesday.
However, Andy King – one of those to come in for the draw with Spurs – believes Sunday’s draw highlights the strength in Leicester’s squad.
“Yes, definitely”, was the response Kane gave when asked by the media if he is still looking to remain a Spurs player for the long-term.
“He needs to play – in my opinion he is a very good goalscorer with good skills. Both show unbelievable skills so why shouldn’t Roy decide to put both together?”
The replay adds to an already congested month of fixtures but Pochettino has backed his squad to prove its strength in depth as they embark on an important January.
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“Today football is about being versatile”, he said.
