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Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho: "I am humble, humble enough to try and analysis my career - not just the last year, but the whole thing, the evolution, the problems and the solutions. Not to blame anyone else.

"It was a great thing. I went really deep with that analysis. A break was very positive for me. It was the first summer I did not work and I felt a little bit at a loss during that pre-season."

He added: "I was always humble, in my way. The problem is you didn't understand that."

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On speaking to Spurs' out-of-contract players, Mourinho added: "It's early days. I have had no time for individual cases, I don't know how I can try to influence them. The first thing is for the players to feel good, and if they are going to leave in January, or June, or sign a new contract, it has to be based on feeling good.

"Feeling good is being available on Saturday and being ready for the game. It's about the club and fundamentally you have to be happy, you have to choose what makes you happy.

"In the short term we have to try to get two results in the next two matches. In the Premier League we have to disappear from an area we don't belong. Then in the Champions League we have two games to qualify and if we qualify in the first match it will be better."

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Mourinho was asked if he was new and improved after his time out of management: "I believe so. I always thought the 11 months wasn't a waste of time - I was to think, to analyse, to prepare, to anticipate things.

"You never lose your DNA, your identity, you are what you are, the good things and bad. Don't ask me what the mistakes are but I realised I made mistakes and I'm not going to make the same mistakes. I'll make new mistakes but not the same.

"I'm relaxed, motivated and ready, and I think the players have felt that in the two days. This is about Tottenham, it's not about me. You go through periods in life and in this period it's not about me - it's about the club, the players and the fans, and I'm here to help them."

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Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho: "The difficulty of the job? Every time that a club changes mid-season it is because the situation is not good. It is not easy. But the potential of the club is great and the potential of the players is huge, I am so so happy.

"I potentially have a great job in my hands. I have to be balanced. I cannot change things in four days. I have not had a lot of experience of taking teams in the middle of the season, I think I have done it once before with Porto. But I have thought about it a lot and I have to trust the base that is already here. It is not about my fingerprint or myself, it is about stability to provide some comfort to the boys. Let's see."

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Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho: "The best gift for me. I don't need players. I am happy with the ones I have. I just need more time with them. I know them well from playing against them, but you never know them well enough."

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Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho: "I told the players that one of the reasons I decided to come was therm. I tried to buy some of them for different clubs and couldn't, some of them I didn't even try because it was impossible. I am not just saying that now, I have said for years.

"I want to respect the base of work that they have done for five years, it is an update not a change. I am here to try and understand why the results in the last year in the Premier League were not good. I am not here to make dramatic changes and create confusion in their brains.

"I am going to be very careful."

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Now then, on to Jose Mourinho...one of the first questions he was asked was about Mauricio Pochettino's departure.

The Spurs boss said: "He knows he gave everything and he leaves with a sad feeling but knowing that he did great work. He will always be welcome here.

"I'm not smiling because we have a game in two days and it's not much time. But deep inside I'm really happy and every minute I spend here I realise my decision [to come here] was correct.

"It's a great club with a great organisation and structure. I'm looking forward to coaching the players and the team and not worrying about things about me. It's not about the structure, it's about the dynamic of the structure."

Leicester City

Leicester are on a five-game winning streak but Brighton have won their last two at home.

Foxes boss Brendan Rodgers said: "They (Brighton) have done very well. They’ll be a threat. They’ve got a good idea of how to play the game and have different systems. It'll be a good test for us and for them.”

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Jose Mourinho is still fielding questions...who'd have thunk it?!

In the meantime, here's Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers on his midfielder James Maddison making his senior England debut in the international break.

He said: “We’re all very happy for James. England have a number of good players and it’s a case of preference in terms of who they want to play. There’s no doubt that James Maddison can play.”

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The club added that Tanguy Ndombele (groin) and Jan Vertonghen (hamstring) have begun their reintegration into training and will be assessed ahead of Saturday's game.

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Before the news conference, Tottenham confirmed that Erik Lamela (hamstring) and Hugo Lloris (elbow) are continuing their rehabilitation and are unavailable this weekend.

Michel Vorm sustained a calf strain in training on Monday and is expected to return to training next month.

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Jose Mourinho is now talking to the media for the first time as Tottenham manager. We'll bring you the best of his comments once the news conference is over.

Brighton & Hove Albion

Leicester travel to the south coast on the back of a five-match winning run, which has taken them to second in the table.

Finally from Brighton boss Graham Potter: "Leicester have been in good form recently and Jamie Vardy has been very clinical lately. But he'd be the first to say that it's as much about the team behind him too that are creating chances for him.

"The guys at Swansea spoke very highly of the fantastic job Brendan Rogers did there. His teams play with intelligence and organisation and he's a top coach and manager."

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Brighton boss Graham Potter confirmed that defender Adam Webster could come back into contention after missing the defeat at Manchester United.

He said: "Adam has a chance of being fit for the weekend and it's a lot earlier than expected. He's trained today [Thursday] and we'll see how he is tomorrow. We have good options in that area of the field."

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Brighton boss Graham Potter added: "Aaron Connolly will miss the game this weekend with the same groin problem from the Manchester United game, hopefully he'll be back for next weekend.

"Bernardo has been back in training this week but the weekend is too soon for him."

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Brighton boss Graham Potter has said that Belgian winger Leandro Tossard rolled his ankle during the international break.

"He's trained with us and he's fine for the weekend," he said. "Shane Duffy and Davy Propper are also back fine. Steven Alzate got back late last night but he's OK too."

Jimbo: Net transfer spend of Spurs & Liverpool is similar over 5 years but Liverpool got massive money for Coutinho, all of Spurs’ net spend was this summer (2 out of 3 have been injured) when prices jumped considerably. Net spend was zero for most of Poch’s reign.

Arsenal

Sead Kolasinac has returned from international duty with a tight left hamstring so is being assessed before Saturday’s match.

On-loan midfielder Dani Ceballos (hamstring) remains out after the injury he picked up in the Europa League on 6 November and is expected to return to full training in mid-December.