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With the Premier League season reaching its business end Tottenham Hotspur boss Mauricio Pochettino gave his players some much needed rest.

Spurs have hit their stride in recent weeks and the 3-2 victory against Everton made it nine wins in a row at White Hart Lane - a Premier League record for the club.

Then Stoke's point at Manchester City ensured Tottenham remained second in the table going into the FA Cup quarter-final weekend.

With no midweek fixtures, football.london understands that the players were given Monday and Tuesday off by the manager to recharge their batteries before returning to training on Wednesday morning.

Eric Dier broke free from the usual footballer stereotypes to enjoy the culture of a trip to Venice during his time off.

He visited Doge's Palace in the Italian city before signing off the trip with an arty black and white photo of him travelling on Venice's trademark waterways with the farewell 'Ciao'.

Dele Alli's destination is less clear as while he first took a photo of himself about to enter an ice bath, he also took another of him later relaxing in what looked like the surrounding of a hotel room.

Mousa Dembele appeared to return home to Belgium, with a video popping up on Instagram of him extolling the virtues of Antwerp and why everyone should visit the city.

For those who can't speak the lingo (yes we asked someone else) the Belgian beast of a midfielder is wishing everybody in Antwerp a fine day, saying he hopes they like the city as much as he does. In fact he thinks it's the best city in the world, in his words.

Harry Kane videoed himself cycling by a river in the sunshine, but that may just have been a rare moment of British sun as he then went to catch The Weeknd performing at the O2 Arena in London on Tuesday night.

Vincent Janssen and Jan Vertonghen were among a number of players spotted walking very quickly out of the stadium after the Everton win with packed cases in tow.

The club even made light of Vertonghen's rapid departure with his speedy post-match interview going viral. He returned home with a photo posted of his wife and daughter to celebrate International Women's Day.

Kevin Wimmer also got in the family spirit as uploaded a shopping photo with younger members of his family.

The players all returned to training at Hotspur Way yesterday morning and Pochettino will be hoping they feel suitably refreshed for their FA quarter-final against giant-killers Millwall this Sunday at White Hart Lane.