These are the key lines from his press conference:
-
Tudor confirmed that both Pedro Porro and Kevin Danso are back and available, while Micky van de Ven has a “little problem with his little finger” but is “fine”.
-
Reflecting on Sunday’s defeat to Arsenal, he said: “The less we talk, the better it will be. It’s about focusing on the daily work in training to climb the ranks.”
-
Tudor was asked about a clip that appeared on social media in which Van de Ven seemed to ignore him during the North London derby defeat: “I saw that, but it wasn’t an instruction for Micky, it was an instruction for the team, to go up. It wasn’t about Micky. It was about the team going up. We want to go up, because we want to play this style, that we press high, but the team is complicated at the moment. It’s too much for them. That’s why it was the Frustration about all that, but “This is part of it, nothing special happened. He’s a fantastic professional and a fantastic guy, he wouldn’t do something like this.”
-
Tudor was asked if the job as Tottenham’s interim manager was more difficult than he expected: “Probably yes. I agree with you. Very tough, but it’s what I said before, I don’t change my mind. That’s all. So the daily work, focusing on everything we have to do: physical condition, mental condition, performance and waiting for the (injured) players to come back. So we have to focus on ourselves, on what we can do, less on others and it should be good.”
-
When asked if he would choose a back three or experiment with his formation, Tudor implied that the points were more of an immediate approach than implementing his ethos. He said: “You have to be smart to understand more deeply the moment and the way of scoring points, even without looking at the style now at this moment. So the style I need to have in the second moment, just because now it is a matter of life and death, if I can put it that way, sportingly, let’s find out.”
-
On the draw for the Champions League round of 16 on Friday: “I don’t think much about the draw. It doesn’t change anything for me. It’s a nice competition, everyone wants to play.”
-
Tudor continued referring to Spurs’ injury crisis: “The problem is the lack of numbers we have in the team. That’s the problem: if you need to play every three days with 10, 12, 13. Also, it’s not just about spending physical energy but also mental energy when every game for us in the league is a final. It’s not an ideal situation.”
Listen to live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra and BBC Sounds
Advertisement
Follow all the Premier League press conferences on Thursday and the rest of the day’s football news
Do you have any questions about the Spurs? Get in touch here and we will let our experts know
(BBC)
