Your morning Tottenham Hotspur digest on Thursday, March 2.
Tottenham player ratings vs Sheffield United: Richarlison, Sanchez and Lucas struggle in FA Cup
Tottenham suffered a shock FA Cup fifth round defeat against Championship outfit Sheffield United. Spurs failed to join the likes of Manchester City and Manchester United in the quarter-finals as Iliman Ndiaye scored the only goal of the game which set up a clash against Blackburn Rovers in the last-16.
The Lilywhites hit the crossbar in the first half but failed to threaten the United goal and ultimately paid the price by being dumped out of the competition. football.london Tottenham reporter Alasdair Gold has rated the team's performance on a disappointing evening for Spurs.
Fraser Forster
Had nothing really to do other than make some catches from corners and free-kicks before being beaten low down by Ndiaye's shot, which wrong-footed him. 5
Davinson Sanchez
Showed his rustiness with a shaky start but played a good ball through to Richarlison only for the Brazilian to fire over. His mistakes often look particularly clumsy and there was another big slip under no pressure in the second half. He then was one of the defenders to let Ndiaye easily drift past him. 3
Eric Dier
Made a few forays forward and ended the game on the right of the back three but he couldn't influence proceedings and turned his back on Ndiaye's shot. 5
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Out-of-favour Tottenham forward makes two demands
Tottenham Hotspur’s Lucas Moura is believed to want a large signing-on fee and agent’s commission when he leaves the club this summer. According to Goal Brazil, the former Paris Saint-Germain player is seeking a signing-on fee of around £8.8million and an agent’s commission to be paid across his next contract, which he desires to be a three-year deal with whoever he eventually signs for.
In terms of where he wants to spend the next three years of his career, the report states that the Brazilian is said to want another move within Europe with another club in England or a transfer to Italy his preferences, but a move to the USA or Qatar cannot be ruled out.
Stellini explains how Conte's Tottenham team talks work from Italy
Assistant head coach Cristian Stellini has explained how Antonio Conte makes his presence felt in Tottenham's half-time team talks despite being in Italy.
The Spurs head coach is currently 778 miles away in Italy, recovering in his Turin home after initially coming back too quickly from emergency surgery to remove his gallbladder. Conte has still been heavily involved remotely, watching videos of training every day and in constant contact while making decisions during Spurs matches.
Tottenham's coaching staff are constantly delivering Conte's instructions to Stellini in the technical area during a game and the coach explained how half-time team talks work.
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