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Here are your Tottenham Hotspur morning headlines for Tuesday, February 25th.

£20m striker eyed

Tottenham are being linked with a move for Amiens forward Serhou Guirassy.

Guirassy is highly rated in Ligue 1 and is viewed as a rising star after scoring seven goals in 27 games after initially joining Amiens on loan.

According to The Sun, Amiens are willing to sanction a summer transfer now as they want to plan for the future and a guaranteed sale for £20million-rated Guirassy would enable that.

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Tottenham respond to Antonio Rudiger's comments about racism investigation

Tottenham Hotspur have responded to Antonio Rudiger's latest comments surrounding the investigation into alleged racism during the match against Chelsea in December.

The Germany international claimed that he was racially abused by Spurs fans during the Premier League encounter at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

However, a joint investigation by Spurs and the Metropolitan Police was unable to uncover conclusive evidence of abuse directed at Rudiger after 'extensive reviews of CCTV images and footage'.

Following the latest match between the two sides at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, during which Rudiger was booed by some Tottenham fans, the centre-back spoke about the aftermath of the investigation, which can be read here .

Those comments prompted a response from Tottenham.

"The club should like to reiterate that we fully support the action that Antonio Rudiger took in this situation and we would encourage any player to do the same if they too are faced with this scenario in the future," said a club spokesman.

"An exhaustive investigation was undertaken with the Metropolitan Police at the time following the player's allegation and we remain open to revisiting this should any new information come to light."

Lo Celso verdict

Giovani Lo Celso should have been sent off for his challenge on Cesar Azpilicueta in the London derby between Chelsea and Tottenham at the weekend.

That's the verdict of former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher.

After the Argentine appeared to stamp on the Blues captain, the decision was reviewed by VAR, with the video assistant referee David Coote adjudging that the challenge was not serious foul play and not worthy of a sending-off.

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But the Professional Game Match Officials Limited later confirmed that a human error had been made and that Lo Celso should have been handed his marching orders following the review.

And Gallagher agreed that a red card should have been shown and that referee Michael Oliver will be disappointed with himself for missing it in the first place.

"It should have been a red card," he told Ref Watch on Sky Sports News. "I don't think there's any doubt about it, I think everyone expected a red card and looking back, everyone has said it should have been."

TV viewing figures

Tottenham Hotspur have been one of the biggest draws for Premier League TV audiences this season.

An average of 1,286,847 people in Britain tuned in to watch each of Spurs' televised league games in 2019/20, exclusive research by football.london has revealed.

That's the third highest average of any club in the league.

Liverpool lead the way with an average of 1,662,801 people tuning in to watch each of their league games. Manchester United come next with an average of 1,520,948 viewers per game.

The rest of the top six is predictable as well, seeing as it’s made up of the clubs routinely called “the big six” - Chelsea (1,143,175), Manchester City (1,136,054) and Arsenal (1,117,644).

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Darren Bent reacts to Troy Parrott omission

Following an injury to Son Heung-min on the eve of Tottenham's Champions League round of 16 tie against RB Leipzig last week, head coach Jose Mourinho admitted youngster Troy Parrott wasn't ready to lead the line.

In fact, the Spurs wonderkid has not even made the matchday squads in the last two matches.

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And this has left former striker Darren Bent 'gutted'.

"I don't know what's going on with Troy Parrott, I was really quite excited to see him but clearly he's not fancied by Mourinho," Bent said.

"I heard Mourinho come out and say we don't have a striker on the bench, we don’t have a striker in the squad, we don't have a striker in the building or something, that kind of told me he doesn't really fancy him."