According to The Athletic‘s David Ornstein, Jose Mourinho is satisfied with his options, although he would like a backup for Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.
The former Chelsea boss wants his defensive midfield area reinforced, despite strengthening it as recently as August with the £15 million addition of the Denmark international.
While Hojbjerg has absolutely shone under the Portuguese coach’s guidance, starting all 14 of Tottenham’s Premier League games this season, you can see where Mourinho is coming from.
If something were to happen to the former Bayern Munich stalwart, then it’s very conceivable that Tottenham’s season could collapse.
The Dane was just what Spurs needed over the summer after Mousa Dembele had yet to be replaced.
Hojbjerg’s tough-tackling nature, and exquisite reading of the game allows the likes of Harry Kane, Heung-min Son and Tanguy Ndombele to express themselves, without having to do the bulk of the dirty work.
However, now we’re at a point where any potential addition in defensive-midfield would presumably be required to settle for a bench role.
In that respect, it’s similar to Tottenham’s pursuit of a deputy for Kane – finding a player happy to sit in the shadows is, presumably, a tough job.
Having said that, Mourinho has done a great job in fine-tuning Tottenham’s squad since replacing Mauricio Pochettino.
He has admirably solved the Kane conundrum with the signing of Carlos Vinicius, so hopefully, the trick can be repeated with Hojbjerg.
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