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Roberto De Zerbi has taken his Tottenham players to a training camp in Spain this week(Image: John Walton/PA Wire)
Roberto De Zerbi must decide whether to stick or twist when it comes to his Tottenham side to face Coventry City on Monday night.
Tottenham have spent a portion of this week at a warm-weather training camp in Marbella, enjoying the Spanish sunshine while working hard and bonding as part of De Zerbi's plans to bring a squad with 10 new summer signings closer together for the campaign ahead.
Video footage released by the club of the training session at Hotspur Way before the squad jetted off showed plenty of players involved but a couple were missing, namely midfielders Lucas Bergvall and Mateus Fernandes. The latter's absence has been explained as the 22-year-old Portuguese has announced that he has just become a father for the first time after his partner gave birth to a little boy called Goncalo.
However, Bergvall's absence will need to be clarified by De Zerbi at his press conference at Hotspur Way on Sunday morning if the club do not release any images or video from the training camp in Spain before then.
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Our Spurs correspondents Alasdair Gold and Ryan Taylor discussed the latest news from the trip to Marbella in the latest episode of their podcast Talking Tottenham, including the young players taken with and what De Zerbi must do with his team to face Frank Lampard's in-form Coventry side on Monday night at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The north London side have struggled at home in recent seasons but impressed on the whole in their 1-1 draw at Manchester United on Saturday and their head coach needs to harness the momentum of that fightback with 10 men as well as the good vibes to have come out of their Spanish sojourn.
You can listen to the new episode of Talking Tottenham by heading right here or watch the show on YouTube by going right here.