Mauricio Pochettino does not believe the redevelopment of White Hart Lane should be used as an excuse for Tottenham struggling to compete in the Premier League this season.
Spurs finished second behind Chelsea last term but sit fifth in the table after 20 matches, with a 21-point chasm separating Pochettino s men from runaway leaders Manchester City.
Work on White Hart Lane means Spurs have moved to Wembley for a year, while the club s activity in the last transfer window was restricted to the arrivals of Davinson Sanchez, Serge Aurier, Fernando Llorente and Juan Foyth.
The sales of Kyle Walker and Kevin Wimmer to Manchester City and Stoke City respectively helped the club to balance the books, with Spurs spending left in the shade by City and Manchester Unite…
Hull City can call on former Tottenham favourite Michael Dawson as they seek a response to the Premier League loss at Burnley.
Steve Bruce s men became the first side to suffer a top-flight defeat to Burnley this season in their final match before the international break.
The Hull manager described the display at Turf Moor as the worst since City s promotion from the Championship in 2013, but he will be boosted by the return of experienced defender Dawson for Sunday s visit of Spurs.
Dawson, who spent almost a decade at White Hart Lane, has been out with an ankle injury since the middle of October and is set to come back into a side in desperate need of a tonic to their 1-0 reverse at Burnley.
Bruce said: We ve had to wait nearly two weeks and the frustra…
England have already started their video analysis of FIFA World Cup opponents Italy, according to manager Roy Hodgson.
In a tough Group D featuring Uruguay, Italy and Costa Rica, England could be on the back foot from June 14 onwards if they are beaten by Cesare Prandelli s men.
Hodgson and his staff have begun to look at Italy s performances dating back to UEFA Euro 2012 in order to prepare England for their opener in Manaus.
And the former Liverpool boss revealed that the whole squad are involved in the process.
We are doing a lot of video work showing the players in units, aspects of the Italian game, how that affects us and what we want them to do, Hodgson said.
We are doing it in units, not as individual players. We are talking about how our midfield i…