Nuno Espírito Santo’s first game in charge showed his players are willing to fight for him and that Son Heung-min is ready, if required, to be the manager’s leading man
“Whatever happens, we’ll give it absolutely everything.” That was the message in a tweet posted from Tottenham’s official account before their game against Manchester City, and there was no need to be Sherlock Holmes to figure out what it was getting at. The elephant in the room, the transfer saga of the summer – the England captain who may or may not have gone on strike.
As it turned out the “whatever happens” was what most people expected – Harry Kane being left out of Spurs’ matchday squad. Nuno Espírito Santo, before his first game in charge, put it down to a lack of fitness on the striker’s part, given he had taken part in only two training sessions following an extended (strike-related) holiday and a period of quarantine.
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