‘MAGNIFICENT’: DAWSON LAUDS £8.5M TOTTENHAM ACE’S 1 ACT VS SOUTHAMPTON

Dejan Kulusevski stunned former Tottenham Hotspur captain Michael Dawson as Antonio Conte’s team started the new Premier League season against Southampton this Saturday, with the player-turned-pundit full of praise on Sky Sports’ Soccer Saturday.

The Sweden international is facing an increased fight for his position in the Italian’s squad this term after Spurs bought Richarlison. Tottenham Managing director Fabio Paratici and chairman Daniel Levy paid Everton an initial £50m, plus £10m in add-ons, for the Brazilian.

DON’T DWELL ON IT

Mauricio Pochettino doesn’t want his boys to bother themselves too much about the Premiership game yesterday which didn’t go according to the plan for the Spurs.

While that was a big game, there is an even bigger one coming up next as they are going to lock horns with the visiting Ajax in the first leg of the Round of 4 of the European Cup in a couple of days’ time. That is supposed to be the biggest match that the club will play in about five decades and Pochettino wants his boys in the right frame of mind ahead of that mega clash.