One of the main tasks for Tottenham's next head coach and new managing director of football this summer will be to fix the team's defence. Spurs have shipped goals for fun of late and that has resulted in them falling out of Champions League contention in the process.
Having found themselves five goals down after 21 minutes at Newcastle United just over a week ago following an unacceptable start to proceedings, they then went and conceded three in fifteen minutes at Liverpool last Sunday. While the Lilywhites did manage to get back into the game at Anfield before eventually losing, they are making life ever so difficult for themselves at the moment.
So much needs to be done at the club in the summer to get the team back on track after falling behind in recent years, with defence very much at the top of the priority list heading into the summer transfer window. In the market for a left-sided centre-back 12 months ago with Alessandro Bastoni and Josko Gvardiol heavily linked with a switch to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Spurs in the end couldn't formalise a deal for either player and instead struck an agreement with Barcelona to sign Clement Lenglet on loan.
