Three ex-managers, a former coach and a current player are on a seven-man shortlist to replace Igor Tudor in interim charge of Tottenham. What a club.

Ben Davies being considered by Tottenham but where do the rest of this downcast group of relegation battlers rank in the player-manager stakes?

De Zerbi insists Greenwood's a "good guy" who paid a "heavy price" but his 18-word defence of the ex-Man Utd star should have been the smoking gun for Tottenham.

Lineker claims Arteta is "playing a Sir Alex [Ferguson] role" in a bid to gain an advantage for Arsenal in their bid to win the Premier League title.

As i's are reportedly dotted and t's crossed on De Zerbi's Tottenham contract a ludicrous curveball has been thrown: "Thomas Frank might be allowed back..."