Analysis: Pre-season optimism evaporates

[Getty Images]Spurs have finished 17th in the Premier League the past two seasons, staying up on the final day of 2025-26.But hopes were high for a much-improved campaign after manager Roberto de Zerbi spent over £300m in the summer, more than any other team.Yet, after an awful performance in the 3-0 loss at Brentford last week, Tottenham followed that up with another defeat, thousands of fans leaving the ground before the final whistle.Winger Savio, known as Savinho while at Manchester Ci