Report explains worrying trend Tottenham players have noticed in training under Nuno

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Some Tottenham Hotspur players have found Nuno Espirito Santo to be just as miserable in training as Jose Mourinho at the end of the Portuguese’ tenure, according to the Daily Mail.

Daniel Levy appointed Nuno as Mourinho’s successor in June after an 11-week search. The ex-Wolves boss was his ninth-choice for the job after Julian Nagelsmann, Brendan Rodgers, Erik ten Hag, Mauricio Pochettino, Antonio Conte, Paulo Fonseca and Gennaro Gattuso.

But just 13-weeks into his spell in north London, Nuno is already facing backlash for how Tottenham have been performing. Defeat at Arsenal made it three losses on the bounce, with Spurs conceding three in each to one goal scored.

The dressing room is also starting to develop concerns over what direction Tottenham are heading under Nuno. Some remain on side with the 47-year-old and have found his training sessions refreshing after a miserable time under Mourinho.

But some are noticing a worrying trend develop, with Nuno appearing just as miserable and grumpy at Hotspur Way as Mourinho became near the end of his spell in charge. The now Roma manager won just one of his final six fixtures at the Spurs helm to three defeats.

Is Nuno losing the Tottenham dressing room like Mourinho?

Nuno will hope he has not already started to lose the dressing room like Mourinho did before his Tottenham exit. Mourinho publicly hit out at his players and brandished some selfish after losing to Arsenal, telling Sky Sports via talkSPORT:

“The selfishness is around, the individual interests are around, the agents are around, the connections between agents and press are around.” Adding: “I cannot do it alone. I have to do it with my club. I have to do it with my players in the dressing room.”

Nuno has taken a very contrasting tone after his defeat to Arsenal as Tottenham manager. Instead, the current occupant of the Spurs hot seat took the blame for the result on his shoulders. Potentially, then, keeping some of the dressing room on side for a little longer.

“The performance was not good, the gameplan was not good, the decisions were not good. So, it was not a good day for us – it was definitely not a good day,” he said, via Eurosport. “I take responsibility because the decisions were not right according to the gameplan.”