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Tottenham news: Former Spurs star makes 'not good enough' claim as World Cup plans revealed

Your Tottenham Hotspur morning digest on Monday, November 14.

Jamie O'Hara claims Spurs are 'not good enough'

Former Tottenham midfielder Jamie O'Hara claims there are only four members of Antonio Conte's team who are good enough to play for the club

He said on TalkSPORT, as per Daily Express: "It's a painful watch, Spurs right now, they really are. They really are. I don't know how we've dug it out, I don't know how we've dug out a win there, I'll never know. Because honestly, after 75 minutes, I wanted to go home.

"They've sucked the life out of me. I'm not even celebrating anymore because I'm just so stressed out watching Spurs play. Every time we look like we're going to win a game, we go and concede. The only time I celebrate is when we score in the dying moments, because the game's over."

READ MORE: 'Exhilarating and exasperating' - National media react as Tottenham beat Leeds in 7-goal thriller

The pundit added: "I was seething when we went 3-2 down against Leeds. The only saving grace that we've got at the minute is that we've got Bentancur in our side, Kulusevski and Harry Kane. The rest of them are miles off it.

"Maybe Hojbjerg deserves to be in with a shout of being good enough to warrant playing in this team. The rest of them, nowhere near good enough."

Tottenham World Cup plans

Following Tottenham's dramatic 4-3 win over Leeds United on Saturday, attention has now turned to the World Cup with those representing their countries at the tournament flying out to Qatar.

Those remaining non-World Cup players will have some time off before training at Hotspur Way during the break as well as playing up to three friendly matches behind closed doors. The late decision to have international friendlies for some countries not at the World Cup has not gone down well with Antonio Conte.

He had wanted to take the players abroad for warm-weather training but his relatively late request for that made it a difficult task to book somewhere to a similar standard as the state-of-the-art Hotspur Way.

Read more here.

Why Spurs could be affected by new Liverpool ownership bid

Nearly a week ago it was reported that Liverpool had effectively been put up for sale by their owners Fenway Sports Group, FSG, after confirming they were willing to seek new investment opportunities in the club and since that date several possible new owners have come to light.

Plenty of potential interested parties have emerged from the Middle East and USA and now there is a new name among those who could be tempted to purchase the club, namely multi-billionaire Mukesh Ambani.

Ambani has a net-worth of around £90billion and is rated by Forbes as the eighth richest person in the world and by his current business ventures is clearly a huge sports fan.

Any potential takeover could be seen as bad news for clubs like Tottenham, Arsenal and Chelsea.

Read more here.

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