Dejan Kulusevski: ‘If there’s a time for Tottenham to go on a push, it’s now’

Dejan Kulusevski celebrates after creating Tottenham’s winning goal for Rodrigo Bentancur in November’s 4-3 victory against Leeds. Photograph: Isabel Infantes/AFP/Getty Images

“It’s crazy,” says Dejan Kulusevski, talking about Matt Doherty’s sudden departure from Tottenham to Atlético Madrid last Tuesday.

But Kulusevski could equally be referring to what happened 24 hours later when his manager, Antonio Conte, was booked in for an emergency gallbladder removal, the players told before training, the preparations for Sunday’s visit of Manchester City turned upside down.