Why Spurs may have to win the Champions League

IT shouldn’t be a surprise what happened to Tottenham over the course of five days last week.

Why Spurs may have to win the Champions League
Mon, 08 Nov, 2010 - 00:00
Alan Green

Even a club like Manchester United with its wonderful European pedigree finds it difficult to balance performances in the Champions League and the Premier League: they struggled desperately to beat Wolves.

I left White Hart Lane late on Tuesday night exhilarated by what I’d witnessed.

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