Jose’s ‘anti-social’ training
JOse MOURinHO has been warned by Tottenham after he and his players appeared to flout Government guidelines on social distancing while training yesterday. Mourinho was spotted overseeing a drill involving members of his squad on Hadley Common in Barnet. Footage also emerged of davinson sanchez and Ryan sessegnon jogging side by side elsewhere in north London, and serge Aurier was filmed at close quarters by a friend while out for a run. Rules on coronavirus social distancing state individuals can exercise once a day but only alone or with a member of
their household while small or large gatherings should be avoided. Spurs insisted Mourinho’s session was carried out with social distancing in mind.
A Spurs spokesperson said: ‘All of our players have been reminded to respect social distancing when exercising outdoors. We shall continue to reinforce this message.’
Meanwhile, some Spurs players are unhappy about the club furloughing non-playing staff, which has increased their resistance to taking pay-cuts.
Sportsmail has been told senior players are angry at what they see as an attempt by Daniel Levy to use the furloughing of backroom staff to pressure them into taking cuts, as the Spurs chairman announced the move ahead of last weekend’s Premier League summit on player wages.
Levy has also considered putting Spurs’ non-furloughed ground staff to work on his hertfordshire estate to top up their working hours. the club claim any work would be paid for out of the chairman’s own pocket.