Tottenham Hotspur will undergo a major overhaul both on and off the pitch after avoiding relegation on the final day of the Premier League season.
The club have been left shaken by back-to-back 17th-placed finishes. In Roberto De Zerbi there is a relief that they do not have to rip up the entire project and start again from scratch, now that he is tied down to a five-year contract.
However, there is expected to be at least one new appointment to the board over the summer. The inquest is also ongoing over the injury crisis that derailed Spurs for a second consecutive season and very nearly plunged them into the Championship.
After the 1-0 victory over Everton that kept his side up, De Zerbi said he had “10, 11, 12 players good enough to stay.” It will be easier to retain top earners having dodged the £200m loss that relegation would have entailed and Tottenham are hopeful of keeping a core group of players on.
Who could stay?
