What the Premier League's top 6 managers would want for Christmas

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Tottenham Hotspur

Mauricio Pochettino — Three of Spurs’ players are one booking away from a suspension

Fixtures: Southampton(A), Watford(A), Chelsea(H)

Protect Walker, Vertonghen and Wanyama

Just like Conte and Chelsea, Poch’ has three players who are one yellow away from a one-game suspension. It’s three vital cogs too in Victor Wanyama, Jan Vertonghen and Kyle Walker. The only difference is that Spurs have only one game to get through as their next game after the Boxing Day encounter at Southampton will be in 2017 with the yellow counter being reset after December 31^st.

Time machine

More than anything though, Poch would sure like a time machine with which he could go back to April 2016 and change a few things to ensure that his Spurs and not Leicester City end up winning last year’s title thus preventing the doomsday apocalypse that saw the ‘big four’ lose their bearings and bring in the Guardiolas, Contes and Mourinhos of this world that just made life a little bit tougher for his side.

Edited by Staff Editor