The Premier League is back and we’re all trying to remember what was happening before we all got distracted by the problematic shiny thing. Arsenal are top! Madness...
but it is surely Spurs who will feel the most profound impact of the World Cup.
The answers to some of the questions now swirling around the Spurs squad may have to wait until beyond Boxing Day – at the very least it seems unlikely any of the three involved on the final weekend of the World Cup will be pressed into service in what will be the first Premier League game for six weeks when Brentford host Spurs in Boxing Day’s early kick-off – but they are going to be a fascinating team to watch over the next few weeks.
A whole load of their key players have contrived to play for teams who didn’t qualify for Qatar, which was crafty of them wasn’t it? Naby Keita, Luis Diaz and Andy Robertson all failed to qualify while Joel Matip remains firmly on the Cameroon naughty step seven years after a high-profile falling out.
Both men have serious jobs on their hands, if indeed they truly are who they say they are and actually are now in charge of these Premier League clubs. Like we say, we’ll believe it when we see it.
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