Jose Mourinho at Spurs: Five pressing issues new boss must address to save season

Jose Mourinho arrives at Tottenham Hotspur seeking to revitalise his career – and to do so he will have to revitalise a club that, Champions League aside, has endured a torrid 2019.

The final days of Mauricio Pochettino’s tenure were characterised by the Argentine having to find a way to fix the issues that kept cropping up in North London.

But eventually the beleaguered Argentine just couldn’t find a way to overcome the cracks that seemed to be relentlessly appearing at the club that he had worked so hard to build from the depths of the Tim Sherwood era.

Mourinho arrives at a side sat 14th, but just three points behind Sheffield United in fifth.

Here, SunSport examine the five things that the Special One will have to address if he is to be successful at Tottenham.

MORALE

Jose Mourinho must pick chins up off the floor in that Spurs dressing room.

Whether it is players unhappy at Mauricio Pochettino’s sacking, his appointment, their contract situation or this season’s form.

It is inevitable Jose’s arrival would not have gone down well with all the squad — especially those who owe their fame and fortune to Poch.

So Mourinho must now work his magic to get that new manager bounce.

SQUAD SHAKE-UP

You do not need to be a superstar boss to realise this Spurs squad requires a revamp.

More quality must be brought in and the deadwood shipped out fast.

Mourinho will want to get Christian Eriksen, Jan Vertonghen and Toby Alderweireld — all free agents this summer — either playing at their best or out of the door.

So the January window will be crucial to shake-up a squad on easy street.

WINNING MENTALITY

Rival fans joke the last time Spurs staged an open-top bus parade, it was pulled by a horse!

They have not lifted ANY trophy since the League Cup in 2008.

Poch took them close, notably reaching last season’s Champ­ions League final, but could not end the drought.

Mourinho, for all his baggage he brings, is a serial winner. But can he finally change the club’s mindset?

DANIEL LEVY

Chairman Levy must realise by now that his club’s failure is not all down the managers.

Mourinho must get Levy to spend like a top European club which wants to win big. Not like a Prem club happy with finishing above Arsenal every season.

And Levy needs to keep his new manager in the wealth he is accustomed to as Jose is a man who demands big-money buys.

TIME YOU CHANGED

Mourinho should learn from his experience at Manchester United.

He felt like yesterday’s man at Old Trafford as his methods bore all the hallmarks of coach unable to move with the times.

He needs to show the Jose of 2019 can still cut it at the very top, or the ‘Special One’ is destined to finish up in China or America’s MLS.