Champions League 2019-20: Rating the chances of Premier League teams of winning the competition

#2 Tottenham Hotspur

Could Jose Mourinho win the Champions League for a third time, this time with Tottenham?

Despite their many trials and tribulations thus far this season, Tottenham Hotspur have at least qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League, taking 10 points from their games against Olympiacos and Crvena Zvezda despite losing 2-7 in a humiliating game against Bayern Munich. Of course, since that loss, Spurs have fired longtime boss Mauricio Pochettino and replaced him with two-time Champions League winner Jose Mourinho.

So can Mourinho win his third Champions League title with his new club? Spurs did of course make the final last season only to come up short against Liverpool, but it’ll be a tremendous ask for them to go one step further this time around. For starters, despite their qualification they cannot catch Bayern at the top of their group – meaning a nasty draw against a giant like Juventus, Barcelona or Paris Saint-Germain could await them in the Round of 16.

It’s fair to suggest that Tottenham can defeat any side on their best day; they showed that last season when they took apart an in-form Borussia Dortmund side across two legs and then overcame Manchester City. Bbut their team no longer looks as robust as it once did, particularly in defence, and question marks hang over the future of some of their key men, from Jan Vertonghen to Christian Eriksen.

As many have stated, Mourinho is a proven winner at Champions League level and so it’s likely that he can get the best out of Spurs’ stars like Harry Kane and Dele Alli, but despite his track record in knockout games it’s hard to see Tottenham winning the tournament this season. Their squad is simply too thin when you match it against Europe’s giants.

Chances of winning: 2/5