da prosport bet： Jose Mourinho is now starting to prove exactly why Daniel Levy brought him in as the new head coach. After some hiccups last season which saw Spurs lose out on Champions League football, the three-time Premier League winner is making amends.
da dobrowin： The Lilywhites have lost just one of their nine games played so far, winning six and drawing the remaining two. Their task will be to thwart Mourinho’s former side Chelsea, which will give them a huge boost in their title run if they can get the job done.
The Portuguese boss will fancy his side to come away with the spoils, especially after his recent masterplan involving Harry Kane.
Mourinho has unearthed a new Harry Kane
The England captain is globally known for his neat finishing and unstoppable threat in front of goal. Many have lauded him as the perfect example of a ‘complete striker’. Now, Mourinho is putting his skills to the test by giving him a more free-roaming role in the Tottenham squad.
Kane has been dropping deep and operating as more of a No.10 recently, which has been working wonders for Tottenham so far. Paul Merson was recently wowed by his performance and admitted that he was starting to do things that Manchester City playmaker Kevin de Bruyne does on the daily.
“I just struggle with words to describe him,” he told Sky Sports. “He is not far off the best player in the world.”
Indeed, Kane boasts 13 goals and 11 assists across all competitions so far this season and has contributed to 16 goals in his last nine appearances in the Premier League (via Transfermarkt).
His new role has been a masterstroke from Mourinho, who is getting results by playing Kane in the same manner that Jurgen Klopp plays Roberto Firmino. The Brazilian at Anfield is a key member of the Liverpool squad, but is struggling to reflect his hard work in his numbers.
Firmino finished last season with nine goals and eight assists and currently has just two goals and two assists to his name this term. Whilst he works well in Liverpool’s system, he isn’t bringing in numbers anywhere near Kane, which indicates that perhaps Mourinho has a secret Klopp doesn’t know about.
In other news, Mourinho must unleash this Spurs player vs Chelsea…