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• Jake Lambourne3 minutes ago26 th November 2019

  JOSE MOURINHO borrowed a famous line from Winston Churchill to gee up his Spurs Euro stars, claiming: “History is written by winners.”

  The Special One is preparing last season’s beaten Champions League finalists for Tuesday’s group game with Olympiakos.

  Mourinho, who has twice won the European Cup as a head coach, said: “To arrive in the final is an incredible achievement – but it’s not history. History is winning.

  “In the Champions League and every knockout competition there are details that are responsible sometimes for your success or your failure – if you want to call it a failure.

  “The reality is 32 teams are in the group phase, so if we speak about failure and success, it’s success for one and 31 failures. ”

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  TOTTENHAM got off to the perfect start under Jose Mourinho on Saturday.

  Spurs beat hapless West Ham 3-2 at London Stadium but did not have to get out of first gear as their hosts rolled over and had their bellies scratched.

  And despite the fact 3-2 flattered the Hammers, Mourinho will still be concerned by the way his team conceded two late goals and threatened to collapse.

  Clearly in the hunt for defensive stability, the Special One has reportedly defensive pair Ruben Dias and Nathan Ake as two of his main targets.

  Football Insider claims Bournemouth center-half Ake is on his wish list.

  Here’s how Spurs could line up under Jose once he’s signed his top targets.

  

Jake Lambourne1 hour ago26 th November 2019
• Jake Lambourne(2 hours ago) ********************(th November)

  MAURICIO POCHETTINO’S son Maurizio played for Spurs in the Uefa Youth League for the first time since his dad was sacked by the club.

  The winger, 18, has already had a chat with Jose Mourinho about his future and the new boss wants the player to get his head down and keep playing – while also recognizing it is a delicate family situation.

  Pochettino Jr came off the bench in their 1-0 win over Olympiakos Under – 19 s as Spurs kept alive their hopes of reaching the knockout stages of the Youth League.

  Young hopeful Troy Parrott, 17, bagged a 57 th-minute winner to put Spurs one point behind Red Star Belgrade in Group B.

  Bayern Munich look odds-on to win the group after beating Spurs 4-1 earlier in the campaign.

  Winger Pochettino has two assists this season in Europe already, both coming in the incredible 9-2 drubbing of Red Star in October.

  

• Jake Lambourne(2 hours ago) ********************(th November)