Here is your Tottenham Hotspur morning digest for Wednesday, May 4.
Palhinha pursuit
According to Portuguese newspaper Jornal de Noticias, Spurs are expected to make a bid for Sporting Lisbon midfielder Joao Palhinha 'within the month' after being heavily linked with the 26-year-old over the last year. The report claims that Tottenham boss Antonio Conte wants to reinforce his midfield at the end of the current campaign and Palhinha is an 'ideal' candidate to improve the centre of the park.
Palhinha has enjoyed an excellent season with Sporting and has even become a fully-fledged international for Portugal, a hugely impressive achievement when you consider the wealth of talent the Selecao have in midfield.
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Romero admission
Spurs wingback Ryan Sesesnon has heaped praise on Argentine centre-half Cristian Romero, admitting that the talented defender trains exactly how he plays on the pitch. "Yeah, every time," admitted the left wing-back when asked if Romero trains the way he plays. "No it's not worrying, he times it so well. Playing against him in training is not ideal, but for us in our team is good."
When quizzed about training with Romero, he added: "It's fantastic. You see every game he puts in important challenges for us and sometimes get us out of a little bit of trouble as well. He's so strong, so fast and he's a great player to have in the team.
"I think he understands more (English) than what he can actually speak. He's got players around him that can speak Spanish as well, so that helps him."
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Hojbjerg claim
Spurs midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg has hailed Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola for helping him develop during their time together at Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich. "Guardiola came in my second year [at Bayern Munich]", Hojbjerg told the Daily Mail.
"He taught me positioning, how to analyse the game. I learned about hunger for trophies.
I was lucky to share a dressing room with Bastian Schweinsteiger, Daniel van Buyten, the captain of Belgium, [Manuel] Neuer, fantastic personality, Mario Mandzukic, nasty fella but there when you need him."
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