Jose Mourinho appears to aim dig at Mauricio Pochettino after Dele Alli stars for Spurs - 7M sport

Jose Mourinho appears to aim dig at Mauricio Pochettino after Dele Alli stars for Spurs



Posted Sunday, November 24, 2019 by Express.co.uk

Jose Mourinho appears to aim dig at Mauricio Pochettino after Dele Alli stars for Spurs
Jose Mourinho praised Dele Alli for his Spurs performance against West Ham (Image: GETTY)

The new Tottenham manager has praised Dele Alli and appears to have aimed a dig at Mauricio Pochettino for his lack of tactical consistency with the England international.

He said on BT Sport: “I’m happy with anyone, but if you ask me if I'm happy with Dele, yes.

“I spent a few minutes with him in training and in our social life outside the pitch, and we were speaking the best Dele has to be back.

“He's too good to not be in the national team, not to be an important player for Spurs, not to be one of the best players in the world.

“He has to develop, start from now without injuries hopefully and with some stability from a tactical point of view. He's a fantastic player and he showed it today.”

“I spent a few minutes with him in training and in our social life outside the pitch, and we were speaking the best Dele has to be back.

“He's too good to not be in the national team, not to be an important player for Spurs, not to be one of the best players in the world.

“He has to develop, start from now without injuries hopefully and with some stability from a tactical point of view. He's a fantastic player and he showed it today.”

Tottenham took the lead through Son Heung-min before Lucas Moura and Harry Kane made it 3-0 at the London Stadium.

West Ham did pull two back through Michail Antonio and Angelo Ogbonna but Spurs recorded all three points.

Mourinho added: “I was really happy for an hour, I was very happy with playing well, bringing things we had trained on and we spoke alot about, and I was really happy.

“We had the 4-0 to kill the game, but we are lucky that I have so many years of Premier League that I told the players at half-time, even if you go 3-0 the game will be open in the 85th minute.

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