It was always going to be interesting to see how Jose Mourinho and Spurs approached the summer transfer window, because he’s a manager who’s possibly onto his final chance.
He’s failed at Man United, Chelsea and Real Madrid, so failure to achieve anything with Spurs means he’ll struggle to land a decent job after this one.
Success probably means winning silverware of some sort, but Spurs have been ridiculed over the years for having a decent team and playing some lovely football, but they always tend to come up short at the crucial moment.
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That suggests they need to sign some players who have experience of winning things, and it makes the signing of Joe Hart a fascinating one.
On his unveiling he spoke about his experience in winning titles, but it’s important to remember that it’s been some time since he played an important role in a team that were winning anything:
Twitter is unforgiving at the best of times, and comments like these are just an open invitation for rival fans to pile on:
Of course he needs to say certain things to get the Spurs fans on side, but this looks destined to become a widely mocked quoted in a few months when things don’t go to plan.