Tottenham manager boss Jose Mourinho has joked that his sharp new haircut was actually a mistake and not a new image as he plots a successful end to the campaign.
The Portuguese coach has been showing off an ultra-short trim, though he said that it was never his plan to have so much hair chopped off.
“Sometimes I like to feel the cold weather and I like to change a little bit,’ Mourinho told Sky Sports. “But this time was not the case.
“I fell asleep [in the barber’s chair] and when I woke up it was so bad that I said to him ‘bring the [number] one’. Hopefully, it will grow back again.”
Jose Mourinho has had little time to feel the cold as he has been keeping himself busy during the Premier League winter break.
The former Manchester United and Chelsea boss was in Germany over the weekend to watch Spurs’ Champions League opponents RB Leipzig, who travel to the Tottenham Stadium next week.
The 57-year-old says a succession of unfortunate setbacks, including injuries to important players, were behind their slide down the table but has praised his team’s character for rediscovering their form.
“We, as a team, in the last few weeks are showing a certain mentality. This season has been hard for them. Even before I arrived,” he added.
“They lost the captain Hugo Lloris for a long period. Then progressively you lose another player. Then another one. Then another one.
“But the way the team has fought has made me even prouder of them. People like Son [Heung-min] and Lucas [Moura] going to their limits and giving absolutely everything. Injured players trying to give everything.
“The spirit is amazing.”
