Tottenham Hotspur star Harry Kane revealed that an "honest conversation" with chairman Daniel Levy set the stage for a morale-boosting 2-2 draw with Manchester United and helped overcome a wave of discontent among supporters.
Spurs players interacted with chairman Levy after the 6-1 hammering at Newcastle United last weekend. The horror show at Newcastle more or less ended Tottenham's top-four hopes and also saw players reimburse fans for the cost incurred for the trip to Tyneside.
It also cost stand-in manager Cristian Stellini his job, with former midfielder Ryan Mason taking charge of Thursday's battling home draw against United.
Following the match against Erik ten Hag's team, Kane revealed talks were held with the under-fire Levy.
"The chairman asked for a meeting," Kane, the club's record scorer said. "Obviously I won't go into what was said but I think it was important (for him) to understand where the players' heads were at in that moment.
"Obviously coming off the back of that (Newcastle) result and it wasn't just that result, it had been building up since the international break when we conceded twice against Southampton.
"It was an honest conversation of where everyone is at and what we need to try to do to give us the best possible chance to finish the season with something."
Kane and Spurs were applauded at full-time on Thursday night but the atmosphere had threatened to turn explosive when Marcus Rashford added to Jadon Sancho's early opener to make it 2-0 to United at the break.
It left Mason, in his second caretaker spell in charge, with a big half-time team talk. He remained calm and saw Pedro Porro and Son Heung-min net in the second period to help Tottenham restore some pride.
Kane added: "It was quite calm. Ryan said not to try to get back in the game in the first five minutes of the second half.
"He said, 'there's another 45 minutes, be compact, be ready to hurt them like we did in the first half but now we have to be more clinical'.
"We all said once we get one, we know we can really put pressure on them and that's what happened. A shame we couldn't then get the third but overall, when you're 2-0 down, it was good to get a point out of it.
"I think Ryan's been great. He's come in at a really difficult time after that defeat and he's not had long to implement any style, so it's all been about motivation and getting some belief back in the boys."
Tottenham head into Sunday's match away to Liverpool still in fifth place but six points behind United having played two games more than their fourth-placed rivals.
Why it pays to compare
A comparison of sending Dh20,000 from the UAE using two different routes at the same time - the first direct from a UAE bank to a bank in Germany, and the second from the same UAE bank via an online platform to Germany - found key differences in cost and speed. The transfers were both initiated on January 30.
Route 1: bank transfer
The UAE bank charged Dh152.25 for the Dh20,000 transfer. On top of that, their exchange rate margin added a difference of around Dh415, compared with the mid-market rate.
Total cost: Dh567.25 - around 2.9 per cent of the total amount
Total received: €4,670.30
Route 2: online platform
The UAE bank’s charge for sending Dh20,000 to a UK dirham-denominated account was Dh2.10. The exchange rate margin cost was Dh60, plus a Dh12 fee.
Total cost: Dh74.10, around 0.4 per cent of the transaction
Total received: €4,756
The UAE bank transfer was far quicker – around two to three working days, while the online platform took around four to five days, but was considerably cheaper. In the online platform transfer, the funds were also exposed to currency risk during the period it took for them to arrive.
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- 2018: Formal work begins
- November 2021: First 17 volumes launched
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- October 2023: Another 31 volumes released
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Should late investors consider cryptocurrencies?
Wealth managers recommend late investors to have a balanced portfolio that typically includes traditional assets such as cash, government and corporate bonds, equities, commodities and commercial property.
They do not usually recommend investing in Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies due to the risk and volatility associated with them.
“It has produced eye-watering returns for some, whereas others have lost substantially as this has all depended purely on timing and when the buy-in was. If someone still has about 20 to 25 years until retirement, there isn’t any need to take such risks,” Rupert Connor of Abacus Financial Consultant says.
He adds that if a person is interested in owning a business or growing a property portfolio to increase their retirement income, this can be encouraged provided they keep in mind the overall risk profile of these assets.
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Group A: Son Wan-ho (Kor), Lee Chong Wei (Mas), Ng Long Angus (HK), Chen Long (Chn)
Group B: Kidambi Srikanth (Ind), Shi Yugi (Chn), Chou Tien Chen (Tpe), Viktor Axelsen (Den)
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Group A: Akane Yamaguchi (Jpn), Pusarla Sindhu (Ind), Sayaka Sato (Jpn), He Bingjiao (Chn)
Group B: Tai Tzu Ying (Tpe), Sung Hi-hyun (Kor), Ratchanok Intanon (Tha), Chen Yufei (Chn)
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Syria v Australia
2018 World Cup qualifying: Asia fourth round play-off first leg
Venue: Hang Jebat Stadium, Malayisa
Kick-off: Thursday, 4.30pm (UAE)
Watch: beIN Sports HD
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Stars: Jaideep Ahlawat, Ishwak Singh, Lc Sekhose, Merenla Imsong
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