Glenn Hoddle is surveying Tottenham’s prospects and searching carefully for the best words. Like most fans, he desperately seeks some optimism amid the chaos. Yet there are also pointed criticisms, which reveal his frustrations with chairman Daniel Levy’s custodianship.
‘Under the circumstances I’m going to give him a bit of semi praise: Daniel couldn’t have got anyone better at this moment in time,’ says Hoddle.
‘Whether the key was the United result, because if United had lost [to Spurs], Antonio Conte might have been Man United manager, that is the delicacy of it all.