Spurs fans are going to be so pleased to see this snap of our boys in their training gear. Everyone is happy, positive, focused, and brimming with esprit de corps. Apart from Tanguy Ndombele of course, who looks – despite the double thumbs up – like someone in your average hostage photo.

Perhaps Tottenham ought to be contacted by Amnesty International to see if his release can be negotiated? He’s on £200,000 a week, and here we get a glimpse at the size of the problem. When Aaron Lennon joined Everton, we were treated to an equally awkward image. Perhaps modern footballers need to be asked to undertake some basic acting classes if the excessive amounts of cash and ‘two days a week’ nature of their employment doesn’t suit them?

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