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    Man Utd boss Ten Hag gives Bruno Fernandes injury update ahead of crunch Tottenham clash after wife posted worrying pic

    ERIK TEN HAG is holding out hope that Bruno Fernandes WILL be fit for Manchester United’s showdown with Tottenham.With both clubs vying for a top four spot, Fernandes will be key to the Red Devils chances of victory at The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
    Bruno Fernandes was pictured with crutches and a protective bootCredit: INSTAGRAM / @anaapinho_
    Erik ten Hag has offered an update on the star’s conditionCredit: Getty
    Fernandes hobbled out of Wembley with an ankle injury after being subbed in extra-time during their semi-final win against Brighton on Sunday.
    The alarm was then raised when his wife posted a picture of the Portuguese ace with his foot bandaged up and a protective boot and crutches next to him.
    But United boss Ten Hag has calmed fears that signified a major problem and said it was just precautionary and he could still be fit for Thursday night’s encounter.
    Ten Hag said: “It’s more often with players that we protect them. It is about prevention, but it has to settle down.
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    “We have seen he played a full game and it happened in the first half. But tomorrow comes quick and we have to see what is possible. We don’t know yet. It is a question mark.”
    Fernandes scored in the home league fixture against Spurs as United won 2-0.
    It was a game where Spurs and England record goalscorer Harry Kane was kept quiet.
    Now Ten Hag says they have a plan to do the same again in North London.
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    He said: “It’s quite clear, his impact on the game for Spurs and we have a plan for that.
    “In the home game we did very well, so for this game we need a very good plan as well.
    “You have to defend as a team, he’s a clever player, don’t allow him to come into the situations, he can have a big impact on the game.”
    United bounced back from a 3-0 thumping in Seville to exit the Europa League with that penalty shoot-out victory over Brighton to reach the FA Cup Final.
    Now Ten Hag has warned that they have to prepare for the same with Spurs ‘mad’ after their 6-1 humbling to Newcastle at St James’ Park.
    He said: “It’s obvious they had a really bad defeat, of course, they are mad, that can be fuel for bounce backing. It’s about us, an opponent can never be more hungry than us.
    “That is how we have to prepare the game and make sure we go front foot, be dominant and dictate the game.” More

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    Inside Tottenham’s make-or-break summer including manager hunt, Harry Kane’s future and transfer overhaul

    DANIEL LEVY is facing the biggest crisis of his 22-year tenure as Tottenham chairman.After five years of one disastrous decision after another, Levy watched on at St James’ Park as his side were humiliated 6-1 by Newcastle over the weekend.
    Daniel Levy is overseeing the biggest crisis of his 22 years as Spurs chairmanCredit: AFP
    Tottenham were battered 6-1 by Newcastle on SundayCredit: Getty
    Levy promptly responded by holding a crisis meeting with his senior Player Committee on Monday morning, with acting head coach Cristian Stellini sacked just hours later.
    After Fabio Paratici’s resignation last week following his worldwide football ban, Levy finds himself with no manager, no managing football director and virtually no hope of securing a top four spot.
    To compound the situation, fans’ favourite Mauricio Pochettino is on the verge of joining Chelsea, after Spurs stubbornly stuck to the staggering decision not to call on the most successful manager of the ENIC era for a second stint.
    With fan protests growing against the current ownership, SunSport examines the steps that will have to be made by the under-fire Spurs board as they somehow attempt to navigate this period of uncertainty in the coming months.
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    With Stellini out the door, Ryan Mason will again step into the breach as caretaker boss, having done so following Jose Mourinho’s exit in 2021.
    Mason’s popularity with fans and players alike may buy the Spurs board time, but not much.
    Supporters had chanted for Pochettino at recent home games, but that ship appears to have sailed.
    The man that may appease fans most is Julian Nagelsmann, who pulled out of the race to become Chelsea boss last Friday.
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    Nagelsmann is reportedly warming to the idea of joining Spurs, but only on his terms.
    The 35-year-old would want a major say in transfers if he were to hop aboard a new project in North London, while he would only be willing to start at the end of the season.
    Should Tottenham fail to get a deal done with the ex-Bayern Munich boss, the vast majority of fans would like to see a similarly young, ambitious coach with a reputation for progressive, front foot football signed up.
    Spurs’ dalliances with win-at-all-costs managers in the shape of Mourinho and Antonio Conte have failed miserably – it’s time for the Lilywhites to get back to what made them so good under Pochettino.
    Cristian Stellini was sacked as acting head coach on MondayCredit: Getty
    Julian Nagelsmann is Spurs’ top choice as next bossCredit: Getty
    REPLACING PARATICI
    Levy had expected Fabio Paratici to play a major role in the appointment of Spurs’ next manager.
    But with the Italian now departed, the 61-year-old has yet another role to fill – and a crucial one at that.
    Former Bolton right-back Gretar Steinsson was appointed as performance director under Paratici last summer and is thought to be fulfilling a number of his former boss’ duties.
    But Tottenham are believed to be looking to replace Paratici with an external candidate in the coming months.
    They have already appointed Scott Munn as chief football officer, with the former City Football Group exec set to begin on July 1 – and Paratici’s replacement set to report to him.
    Levy now faces a delicate balancing act appointing both a manager and managing football director whose visions will align – with doubts that he will be able to achieve it.
    Fabio Paratici resigned from his post last weekCredit: PA
    Gretar Steinsson was appointed as performance director last summerCredit: Getty – Contributor
    SQUAD OVERHAUL
    There’s no sugarcoating what a shambles Tottenham were on Sunday. There was no cohesion, no quality and seemingly very little effort on display at St James’ Park.
    But despite how they appeared against Newcastle, and have done for much of this season, this Spurs squad is not all bad.
    Even aside from established stars Harry Kane and Son Heung-min, the North Londoners possess an intriguing younger core including the likes of Cristian Romero, Yves Bissouma and Dejan Kulusevski – players whose potentials Spurs seem to have only scratched the surface of.
    Among those rough diamonds worth sticking with, however, are many players who would probably be best served moving on, both for their own sake and the club’s.
    Moving on a large number of players in one window is a tall order and probably unrealistic.
    But it’s probable that the likes of Hugo Lloris, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Davinson Sanchez, Ivan Perisic, Eric Dier, Ryan Sessegnon, Japhet Tanganga and Emerson Royal could all do with exiting, should Spurs find the right deal.
    Exactly who stays and who goes will surely depend on who Tottenham select as their new manager and managing director of football – and the system they opt to deploy next term.
    But it appears certain that Spurs will have to begin by prioritising their leaky back-line which still still regularly features Dier, Sanchez and Ben Davies – players that were back-ups five years ago.
    Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg produced a wretched performance against NewcastleCredit: Rex
    Davinson Sanchez was booed during his cameo against BournemouthCredit: Getty
    HARRY KANE DECISION
    Last time Kane tried to leave Spurs the club found itself in a strong position, with the forward having had three years remaining on his contract.
    This summer, his deal will have only one year left.
    SunSport revealed last month that Manchester United had made contact with Kane’s camp via intermediaries, and had been encouraged by the exchange.
    The Red Devils feel that Spurs will lower their £100million asking price if and when they fail to qualify for the Champions League.
    If Tottenham can’t convince Kane to sign a new contract, they will find themselves at an uncomfortable crossroad.
    They can either let his deal run into its final year, and risk letting him leave for free to whomever he chooses in a bid to spend as long as possible trying to convince him to stay.
    Or they can finally pull the plug, letting Kane go and focusing on how to move forward without their all-time leading goalscorer.
    Should they plump for the latter, no new signing would be able to replace Kane on his own.
    The only way to match his impact would be by committee – finding a new system and approach that can make it easier for whoever they field up top than Kane has had it in recent seasons.

    Harry Kane will have just one year remaining on his contract at the end of the seasonCredit: Getty
    RETURNING LOAN PLAYERS
    Tottenham currently have 11 players out on loan, with only Destiny Udogie among them having not played for the first team before.
    Those out on loan cost Spurs north of £200m, and feature expensive flops such as Tanguy Ndombele and Giovani Lo Celso, who they have previously largely written off but struggled to sell.
    With Ndombele, Lo Celso and Udogie, as well as Sergio Reguilon, Djed Spence, Harry Winks, Bryan Gil and Joe Rodon – in addition to youngsters Harvey White, Troy Parrott and Dane Scarlett – set to return, Spurs’ new boss will have to assess which previously discarded players he may be able to get a tune out of.
    If Tottenham’s next manager thinks they can utilise even just two of these players, it could save the club a fortune in replacing them.

    While it would also allow them to focus their budget on different areas, with the defence in particular in need of an overhaul.
    It’s already been confirmed that Spurs will play West Ham in Perth in July, and it will be fascinating to see which outcasts will be given an opportunity to impress during pre-season.
    Tanguy Ndombele hasn’t featured for Spurs since being booed off against Morecambe in January 2022Credit: PA
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    Ex-Premier League manager explains why Pochettino should pick Chelsea over Tottenham ‘if he’s got any sense’

    MAURICIO POCHETTINO should choose Chelsea over former club Tottenham, according to Neil Warnock.Under interim boss Cristian Stellini, Spurs were thrashed 6-1 by Newcastle on Sunday – conceding five goals in the opening 21 minutes.
    Mauricio Pochettino looks set to join ChelseaCredit: Getty
    Neil Warnock has urged Pochettino to steer clear of returning to TottenhamCredit: Alamy
    Stellini was relieved of his duties on Monday as Lilywhites chairman Daniel Levy axed the Italian, 48, after just three games in charge.
    Ryan Mason will now take over until the end of the season as Tottenham seek a new permanent head coach.
    And Pochettino has been linked with a return to North London, three and a half years after being dismissed by the club.
    But Chelsea are also on the hunt for a new manager and are reportedly closing in on making the Argentine, 51, the permanent successor to Graham Potter.
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    And while Spurs sit fifth in the Premier League table – 14 points ahead of Chelsea in 11th – Warnock still believes the Blues would be the better option for Pochettino.
    Speaking on talkSPORT about Spurs’ capitulation against Newcastle, he said: “I’m thinking, I’ve never seen anything like it. I couldn’t believe it. No disrespect, but you can’t put somebody like that [Stellini] in charge.
    “I remember when [Antonio] Conte left and I said, ‘You mark my words – you have a listen at what he said – that dressing room’s gotta be decimated. Gotta be gutted’.
    “I wouldn’t envy anybody coming in there now. If Pochettino’s got any sense he’d go to Chelsea [because] all they need is a centre-forward.”
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    Pochettino secured Spurs Champions League qualification four years in a row between 2015 and 2019.
    And Tottenham finished runners-up in the Premier League in the 2016/17 season – behind champions Chelsea.
    Poch also guided Spurs to the 2019 Champions League final where they were beaten 2-0 by Liverpool.
    He was sacked by Levy in November 2019 after five years at the helm – with Tottenham sitting 14th in the Premier League table at the time of his departure.
    He went on to manage Paris Saint-Germain for 19 months, claiming the Ligue 1 title before being sacked at the end of last season.
    The ex-Espanyol and Southampton head coach has been out of work since then, with Manchester United opting to appoint Erik ten Hag ahead of him last summer. More

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    Neil Warnock leaves Laura Woods and Ally McCoist in stitches with brutal assessment of Spurs’ battering at Newcastle

    NEIL WARNOCK didn’t hold back on his savage assessment of Tottenham’s thrashing at Newcastle.So much so, that Warnock left talkSPORT duo Laura Woods and Ally McCoist in stitches with his scathing yet hilarious views.
    𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗸: “I’d rather have Huddersfield’s back four than Tottenham’s, right now!” 😅𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗮: “What would you’d done differently?”𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗸: “I would have gone home!”@WarnockOfficial reviews #THFC’s 6-1 thrashing to #NUFC in classic fashion. 🤣 pic.twitter.com/1SIWk6Cd2l— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) April 25, 2023

    Huddersfield boss Neil Warnock ripped Tottenham’s Newcastle display to shredsCredit: Reuters
    Laura Woods and Ally McCoist were left in stitches by Neil Warnock’s assessment
    McCoist could hardly contain himself
    The Huddersfield manager insisted he would rather hold on to his current back-four than have Pedro Porro, Cristian Romero, Eric Dier or Ivan Perisic at John Smith’s Stadium.
    Warnock told talkSPORT: “You couldn’t predict Tottenham losing five after 20 minutes.
    “And I’m thinking, ‘Would you have any of them back four instead of my back four?’ I’d rather have Huddersfield.”
    Tottenham found themselves down by five goals after just 21 minutes at St James’ Park.
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    Woods asked the experienced manager how he would have handled the situation after the Toon’s third goal.
    Warnock bluntly responded: “I would have gone home.”
    Woods and McCoist were left laughing their socks off but the 74-year-old tactician wasn’t done with his brutal assessment just yet.
    The ex-Crystal Palace manager appeared to agree with Tottenham’s decision of sacking interim manager Cristian Stellini and replacing him with the also inexperienced Ryan Mason.
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    The Huddersfield boss also advised Mauricio Pochettino not to return to North London and go to Chelsea instead.
    Warnock added: “I’m thinking, I’ve never seen anything like it. I couldn’t believe it. No disrespect, but you can’t put somebody like that [Stellini] in charge.
    “I remember when [Antonio] Conte left and I said, ‘You mark my words – you have a listen at what he said – that dressing room’s gotta be decimated. Gotta be gutted’.
    “I wouldn’t envy anybody coming in there now. If Pochettino’s got any sense he’d go to Chelsea [because] all they need is a centre-forward.” More

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    Ex-Man Utd star urges Erik ten Hag to SNUB Harry Kane transfer and move for his England team-mate to solve striker woes

    FORMER Manchester United star Dion Dublin has urged the club to snub a move for Harry Kane and go for his England team-mate.The Red Devils reportedly view the Tottenham star as their priority for the summer transfer window.
    Harry Kane is wanted by Man Utd this summerCredit: Getty
    Dion Dublin thinks Man Utd should go for another Premier League star, not Harry KaneCredit: Getty
    The club have already started to make moves to bring him in and are ready to give Kane £300,000-a-week.
    However, Dublin, who played 15 times for Man Utd, thinks that the club should instead go for Brentford captain Ivan Toney.
    Dublin told William Hill: “In my opinion, he is good enough to go and play for Manchester United, and I think he’d only get better if he went there.
    “Erik ten Hag likes a big striker and they need a proven goalscorer so maybe they should take a look at Ivan Toney.”
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    The forward has been in impressive form this season, helping the Bees mount a challenge for a European finish.
    He has netted an incredible 19 goals in 30 Premier League matches this term.
    The 27-year-old has been linked with a move to Man Utd in the past and the club were reportedly monitoring him.
    However, rumours suggest that a transfer could be prevented by Toney expecting to a receive a lengthy ban after betting breaches.
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    He has pleaded guilty to as many as 232 charges and the FA investigation continues.
    Brentford have reportedly put a £50million price tag on his head.
    Chelsea have also been linked with the striker.
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    Brendan Rodgers would be an excellent choice for next Spurs manager, but delusional Tottenham fans could ruin it

    IF Tottenham fans thought they had reached rock-bottom at Newcastle on Sunday, with their bullet-ridden team 5-0 down after 21 minutes, then they should consider this very real possibility.That Mauricio Pochettino — the best Spurs manager of the last half-century, who had made it clear he fancied a return there — turns up at Chelsea and makes a success of it.
    Mauricio Pochettino is on the verge of joining ChelseaCredit: Getty
    It is difficult to quantify which of these bitter London rivals are in the biggest hole right now.
    Is it Spurs, torched by their own manager Antonio Conte, then leaving his hapless mate Cristian Stellini in interim charge, only to sack the caretaker and appoint Ryan Mason as caretaker- caretaker, with sporting director Fabio Paratici having just been banned from world football for 2½ years?
    Or is it Chelsea, in the bottom half of the Premier League, having spent £606million and with Poch likely to become their FIFTH boss of the season under a new regime which had boasted about stability and long-term planning?
    Either way, either club could have appointed Pochettino to shovel up their sewage. Tottenham weren’t interested and the Blues clearly are.
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    The vast majority of Spurs fans wanted the Argentinian back. Given that he left on warm personal terms with Daniel Levy in 2019 — and given that little has gone right since — re-hiring Pochettino seemed a no-brainer for a deeply unpopular chairman.
    Take out Pochettino’s 5½-year reign, when Spurs massively over-achieved as runners-up in the Champions League and Premier League, and Levy’s 22-year stewardship of Spurs has, in footballing terms, been an unmitigated failure.
    That Poch has apparently been blanked by Levy is bizarre even by Tottenham’s standards.
    The Stellini experiment failed even more spectacularly than most had predicted, with Spurs in danger of plunging out of the European places completely following their 6-1 thrashing at St James’ Park.
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    Tottenham were humiliated by Newcastle on SundayCredit: Getty
    Two years ago, when Spurs were last in this position — winding down a poor season with Mason in charge — it took them 72 days before they stumbled upon Nuno Espirito Santo.
    Then, as now, Julian Nagelsmann was the initial favourite, before he became one of several men to snub the job.
    Nagelsmann’s own dalliance with Chelsea appears to have broken down mutually, leaving that door open for Pochettino.
    Spurs haven’t had a boss with any true sense of permanence since Poch.
    And as a result nobody has been able to act upon the obvious fact that their goalkeeper and captain Hugo Lloris, 36, has been past his best for some time.
    That particular chicken came home to roost when a shellshocked Lloris was withdrawn at half-time on Tyneside, claiming a hip injury when a diagnosis of wounded pride seemed more likely.
    Either club could have appointed Pochettino to shovel up their sewage. Tottenham weren’t interested and the Blues clearly are.Dave Kidd
    Stellini opted for a back four against Newcastle, then decided his decision “might not have been right” when he reverted to a defensive five midway through the first half with his side five-down.
    It was possibly the most glaring example in footballing history of shutting the stable door after the horse had bolted.
    Until Levy trumped it on Monday by sacking Stellini while branding the performance at Newcastle “wholly unacceptable” and “devastating”.
    Stellini, a convicted match-fixer, had one previous managerial job in the Italian third tier, which ended with him being axed after three wins in 16 games. So this isn’t a case of 20-20 hindsight.
    Whoever takes charge of Spurs next season — and Brendan Rodgers would be an excellent choice, if an unpopular one with a largely-delusional Spurs support base — it will not be Poch.
    Brendan Rodgers is out of working after being sacked by LeicesterCredit: Getty Images – Getty
    When he left Spurs, the fear was he might end up at Arsenal, who were about to sack Unai Emery.
    Instead it looks like Chelsea, whose increasingly-bitter rivalry with Spurs has made fixtures between the clubs as heated as North London derbies.
    It is not as if Pochettino will be entering any less of a madhouse at Stamford Bridge. But he’ll have better players, and a bigger budget, at Todd Boehly’s comedy club.
    And the 51-year-old will not be too bothered about inheriting an unbalanced and bloated squad.
    This is a bloke who had Kylian Mbappe and Neymar at Paris Saint-Germain and was then told he was getting Lionel Messi, despite advising his bosses that he did not need the little maestro.
    After that exercise in ego management, dealing with the likes of Enzo Fernandez and Mykhailo Mudryk should be plain sailing.
    Whoever takes charge of Spurs next season — and Brendan Rodgers would be an excellent choice, if an unpopular one with a largely-delusional Spurs support base — it will not be Poch.Dave Kidd
    For all the shambles of Boehly’s first nine months, Chelsea could still compete next term, under an excellent workaholic coach in Pochettino.
    That’s provided they sign a world-class centre-forward and sell several players to comply with Financial Fair Play and give them enough space to fit everybody inside the dressing room!
    Should Poch make a decent fist of it, and his record suggests he might, anger towards Levy will only grow.
    The chairman gave a rare public address recently to the Cambridge Union, in which he told some of the nation’s finest young minds that Spurs are “the greatest club in the world”.
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    And this is the danger with over-estimating your own intelligence and always believing you are the smartest man in the room.
    You end up sounding foolish, you end up 5-0 down after 21 minutes, and you end up allowing the best thing that ever happened to you to fall into the arms of a sworn enemy.
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    Harry Kane asking price revealed with Man Utd set to be told to pay £20m MORE than Real Madrid and Bayern

    TOTTENHAM will make Manchester United pay a premium if they are to beat European suitors to Harry Kane this summer, according to reports.SunSport reported last month that the Red Devils are confident of landing Kane ahead of next season, should Spurs finish outside the top four.
    Harry Kane will have one year remaining on his Tottenham contract at the end of the season and European giants are circlingCredit: Getty
    With the North Londoners’ Champions League hopes in tatters following their 6-1 mauling at Newcastle, a result that saw Cristian Stellini’s stay as acting head coach come to an abrupt end, United feel that they are well placed to pounce.
    The Red Devils would be willing to significantly boost Kane’s current £200,000 a week salary.
    And they believe that the 29-year-old would be interested in making the switch after contacting his camp via a third party.
    The England captain is viewed as unlikely to extend his contract with Tottenham this summer.
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    As it stands, the Telegraph claim that Spurs would demand at least £100million from a fellow Premier League club for Kane this summer.
    A team from abroad, however, may only be charged around £80m.
    Kane is believed to want to stay in the Premier League, as he chases down Alan Shearer’s all-time leading goalscorer record.
    Shearer finished on 260, with Kane currently third in the all-time list on 207.
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    He will likely move to second before the end of the season, with yesterday’s consolation strike against Newcastle moving him to within one of Wayne Rooney.
    Kane said in January that there had “not been much talking” with Spurs over a new contract but he was “sure there will be conversations over the coming months”.
    Despite Spurs’ woes, their No10 has still managed to bag 24 Prem goals so far this season.
    In February he became their all-time leading goalscorer, overtaking the legendary Jimmy Greaves.
    Spurs made the decision to axe acting head coach Stellini on Monday following meetings between Daniel Levy and key players.
    Kane’s friend and former team-mate Ryan Mason, 31, will be in charge until the end of the season.
    Tottenham have been linked with the likes of Julian Nagelsmann and Luis Enrique in their managerial hunt.
    While Arne Slot, Vincent Kompany and Ange Postecoglou have also been mentioned.
    Popular former boss Mauricio Pochettino, whose name has been sung by fans at recent matches, was reportedly never considered and is on the verge of joining Chelsea.
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    Raging O’Hara demands Tottenham ‘get rid of’ flops after finding out what they did following Newcastle embarrassment

    JAMIE O’HARA has demanded that Tottenham “gets rid” of the club’s flops after being told they swapped shirts with Newcastle players.The players exchanged tops with the Magpies following their embarrassing 6-1 defeat at St James’ Park on Sunday.
    Richarlison was one of the Tottenham players to swap shirts after losing to NewcastleCredit: Getty
    Jamie O’Hara was left seething after being told about itCredit: Talksport
    Much to Laura Woods’ amusementCredit: Talksport
    Newcastle surged into a 5-0 lead inside the opening 21 MINUTES of the game as Spurs were all at sea.
    Harry Kane did manage to get one back, but Callum Wilson restored the Magpies’ five-goal advantage.
    And after the game, the players still completed the traditional swapping of shirts with the opposition.
    Richarlison was spotted swapping his Spurs jersey with former Everton team-mate Anthony Gordon.
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    The duo were also joined by a very happy-looking Joelinton, a Brazilian compatriot of the Spurs striker.
    And O’Hara was left seething when he was told about it.
    When asked what he thought about it by talkSPORT host Laura Woods, he replied: “What? No they didn’t.
    “Get rid of them,” before he checked to see if it was a wind-up.
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    “They’re swapping shirts? It’s 6-1! The game’s gone.”
    The former Spurs midfielder then looked to co-host Ally McCoist for some back-up, he asked: “Help me out, Ally.”
    And McCoist agreed with the outraged O’Hara, despite admitting he had not seen the images.
    He said: “If you get beat 6-1 you just want to get up the tunnel and take your medicine.”
    And some Spurs fans agreed with him on social media, as one tweeted: “Spurs players asking to swap shirts with Newcastle players is exactly what’s wrong with that club. Small mentality.”
    A second vented: “Lose 6-1 then instantly swap shirts with the other players.”
    While a third added: “Spurs just got their asses handed to them.
    “You don’t swap shirts with the team that just kicked your ass. Friends or not.” More