{"id":1116246,"date":"2019-11-21T14:54:51","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T14:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1116246"},"modified":"2019-11-21T15:12:40","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T15:12:40","slug":"mourinho-happy-work-current-spurs-squad","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/mourinho-happy-work-current-spurs-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I don&#8217;t need new players&#8221; &#8211; Mourinho happy to work with current Spurs squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jos\u00e9 Mourinho has dismissed suggestions he needs new players at Tottenham, insisting he is happy to work with the current squad.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The former Chelsea and Manchester United manager was speaking in his first press conference since being appointed Spurs boss on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7427422\/embed\/v4\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Mourinho has replaced Mauricio Pochettino, who struggled to get the best out of a squad with numerous problems this season in terms of performance and contractual issues.<\/p>\n<p>Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen and Christian Eriksen \u2013 three key players during much of Pochettino&#8217;s reign \u2013 have entered the final year of their contracts and have struggled for form this term.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hashtag United: How YouTube Works For Us... 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