The new appointee is an American aviation executive who will join as the fifth member of Spurs’ new-look board.

Spurs await Odobert injury update after Monaco drawTottenham Hotspur’s growing injury list could be set to lengthen after Wilson Odobert was forced off in the second half of their goalless

Tottenham hope to return to winning ways in the Champions League when they make the trip to Monaco, facing them on Wednesday evening at the Stade Louis-II. An injury-ravaged Spurs side had an unhappy Premier League return post the October international break with a 2-1 loss at home to Aston Villa.

The Brazil international was handed a rating of just 3/10 for his display against the French side, the lowest of any player to have appeared in the game. Mohammed Kudus, Archie Gray, Lucas Bergvall and Rodrigo Bentancur were not too far away from Richarlison – each being handed a 4/10 for underwhelming performances.

"He is tactically diverse and able to adapt in games, and you are seeing a different Tottenham. "It's not going to happen overnight. "You look at the squad he's inherited and you can see his fingerprints are on it already.

Tottenham Hotspur manager Thomas Frank compared Xavi Simons to Liverpool's Florian Wirtz as the playmakers continue to struggle for form since swapping the Bundesliga for the Premier League in the summer.

Guglielmo Vicario was the Tottenham Hotspur hero as the Italian goalkeeper produced a heroic individual display to earn his side a draw in Monaco, with the match finishing 0-0 despite a host of opportunities for the home side.

I miss Eric Dier, and we were robbed of a Dier-Spurs reunion yesterday. But what makes me really sad is that I don’t know who he’d hug. No one in Spurs’ current XI played alongside Dier during his Tottenham days.