JOSE MOURINHO insists Tottenham will not be spending “rivers of money” on new signings when the transfer window reopens.
And the Spurs boss reckons there will see no “crazy” big-money deals this summer due to the Covid crunch.
Jose Mourinho has revealed Spurs won’t be splashing the cash at the end of the seasonCredit: PA:Press Association
Mourinho has told Sky Sports he doesn’t believe there will be big deals due to the coronavirus crisis
He said: “It is normal you are going to have a different market. I don’t see the world – especially the football world – ready for some crazy numbers we used to have.
“The first questions after that will be when will be the transfer window? I don’t think it will be in July or August anymore, it has to go further than that.
“I would like my club to be what I know what we will be – sensible, balanced and not going to spend rivers of money.
“We are trying to respect the situation, not just the football but the situation in the world and society overall.”
The Premier League campaign, halted by coronavirus since March 13, is set to resume next month with Tottenham getting the season back underway with a Friday night clash against Manchester United.
Mourinho could have a fully-fit squad to choose from as all of his crocked stars – including Harry Kane, Moussa Sissoko, Son Heung-min and Steven Bergwijn – have recovered from the injuries they suffered before shutdown.
But the Spurs chief has warned they could struggle to get back to their best following their lengthy spells on the sidelines.
He told Sky Sports: “I cannot say in this moment they are ready to play because one thing is to recover from an injury, and another is to be ready to play football.
“In Harry’s case, I think for about five months he hasn’t played, but all of them are not injured any more. They are training, and training is what it is at the moment, training has a lot of limitations.
“We cannot compete, we cannot do one versus one, we have to keep a certain distance, we cannot compete. Harry Kane, Son, Bergwijn, Sissoko, all of them are fine.
“I think with a couple of weeks of normal training, when the authorities tell us we can train normally I think in a couple of weeks, the boys will be ready to play, of course not to the maximum of their potential, I think nobody can do that in this moment.”
Kane and Sissoko have not played since getting injured in Tottenham’s 1-0 defeat at Southampton on New Year’s Day.
Son, now back from completing his mandatory military service in his native South Korea, broke his arm at Aston Villa in February.
And £27million January signing Bergwijn was not expected to play again this season after suffering a knee injury in the 1-1 draw at Burnley on March 7 – their last league match.
Spurs were then dumped out of the Champions League last 16 by RB Leipzig before the season was stopped.
And with his side sitting eighth in the Prem table, Mourinho is pleased to have his top stars back in training.
He said: “But for us, of course, it is a great feeling, because we finished the period with that defeat at Leipzig, where we were really, really in trouble to have 11 players, including attacking players, and in this moment Erik Lamela, Son, Dele Alli, Harry Kane, Bergwijn, everybody is fit now.”
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
