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IT IS Norwich up for Jose Mourinho's Tottenham today.
Spurs got back to winning ways as they mounted a second-half fightback to defeat Brighton 2-1 in the week.
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JOSE MOURINHO admits that he's got a task on his hands at Spurs.
He revealed that getting the job mid-way through the season means there's work that needs to be done in North London.
He told Sky Sports:“In terms of the football, pure football, and pure football results, when a team changes manager in mid-season, there is always a reason.
“There is always a reason.
“When the teams are perfect, when a team is playing amazingly well and the results are fantastic, you don’t change managers.
“I was not expecting to get a team in mid-season and to find a perfect situation. Nobody expects that.
“[It’s] an amazing club, amazing facilities, amazing conditions towork. [It’s an] incredible project that the club has for the futuredevelopment of the club.
“It’s exactly what Mr Levy explained to me.
“Exactly what I was expecting.”
SPURS star Lucas Moura has apologised to neighbours after he held a 2am fireworks display on Christmas Day.
The winger, 27, had a party on Christmas Eve which went on into the early hours. It was then followed by an outdoor display that “sounded like a war zone”.
One disgruntled resident whose house backs onto the Brazilianspeedster, hit out: “The party started on Christmas Eve and thefireworks started at around 1am on Christmas morning and it lasted nearly an hour.
“I’d just put my children to bed. They’re only 10 and 11 and it woke them up.
“Me and my wife had to then get all the presents sorted and we didn’t get back to sleep until after 3am because of it.
“I thought it was really inconsiderate. It really upset me that hethinks he can do it. He must know it will annoy people but I don’t thinkhe cares.
“They were non-stop for nearly an hour. It was really loud. It was like a bomb going off in a war zone.
“It was a constant loud banging at that time in the morning. It was a big display, it must have cost an awful lot of money”
Sheepish Moura told The Sun: “I sincerely apologise to anyone who felt disturbed due to the fireworks after midnight.”
He added: “I know my responsibilities as a professional footballerand knew that training wasn’t until the afternoon on the following day.”
JACK CLARKE has returned to Spurs after failing to make an impact on loan at Leeds United.
Clarke, 18, joined Spurs for £10million last summer, before being sent back to Leeds on loan.
At the time he was the first signing Spurs had made for 518 days.
Leeds are second in the Championship and well placed to be promoted, but Clarke has struggled for game time under manager Marco Bielsa.
Just 19 minutes of football this season has prompted his recall to North London.
Clarke took to Twitter to thank his boyhood club.
SPURS have been linked with Norwich defender Max Aarons, with the two teams facing off at Carrow Road tonight.
Aarons, 19, has impressed for a struggling Norwich side this season.
However Norwich boss Daniel Farke has insisted that there is no chance of the Canaries selling the England Under-21 international.
In his press conference ahead of facing Spurs, he said: “We need Max for the season and that's a good situation.
“There's no scenario where we would sell one of our top ones.
“Our financial position is quite relaxed and we know we need all our key players to have a small chance to great to create a big sensation so we're not tempted at all to do something stupid and sell our best players.”
Should Norwich be relegated it is likely that they will sell, and will demand over £20million for the youngster.
SPANISH website El Desmarque claim Gareth Bale could return to Tottenham in January.
Spurs are reportedly set to offer Real Madrid £25.7million plus Christian Eriksen to bring Bale back to North London.
It is claimed Welshman Bale has held talks with Jose Mourinho about a second spell at the club.
Bale played 203 times for Spurs in his first spell, scoring 56 goals, before a £90million move to Madrid in 2013.
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