SHOCKING scenes from Tottenham’s training ground have sparked a conspiracy theory among Manchester United fans.
United and Spurs are scheduled to lock horns in the Europa League final on May 21 with both desperate to win a trophy and earn a place in next season’s Champions League.
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And the Red Devils faithful began playing mind games after a Tottenham training clip emerged on social media showing Ange Postecoglou’s men gearing up for the big match.
The short video went viral as it showed ex-Man Utd loanee Sergio Reguilon accidentally wiping out team-mate Brennan Johnson with a very clumsy sliding tackle.
Johnson, 23 – who counts 11 goals and five assists in 31 Premier League appearances – was in obvious pain after the misjudged challenge and needed some time to walk it off.
Thankfully for Spurs the Wales international was able to rejoin his team-mates a few seconds later.
And there was no indication of intent by Reguilon, 28, as it looked like he simply slipped.
However, that still didn’t stop United fans from taking to social media and joking that the full-back has remained loyal to the club ahead of the final.
One fan tweeted: “Once a red….”
Another commented: “Agent Regi.”
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A third wrote: “My guy!”
This fan said: “United legend Sergio Reguilon.”
And that one joked: “Undercover agent for Man United since his loan move.”
Postecoglou grimaced when he saw that challenge following an injury-plagued season.
And that fear of more crock woe is why there is no chance he will be repeating predecessor Mauricio Pochettino’s wacky antics ahead of the Europa League final.
Poch made his Spurs players walk over hot coals and run with arrows at their throats as a motivational tactic ahead of facing Liverpool in the 2019 Champions League final, which they lost 2-0.
Postecoglou has his own European showpiece against United but the Aussie instead will be using the preparation time to ensure he suffers no more selection woes.
Spurs will definitely be missing James Maddison, Lucas Bergvall and Radu Dragusin in the final.
More injury woes
And they are sweating on the fitness of Dejan Kulusevski after he limped off early in Sunday’s 2-0 home defeat to Crystal Palace.
Asked if he would replicate any of Pochettino’s unorthodox tactics to gee up his players, Postecoglou replied: “We’ve got enough injuries!
“I’ll put them in cotton wool for the next ten days.
“Seriously, with the way things have gone this year, any extra curricular activities are going to be at a minimum.
“I don’t know if you saw training today but we had Reggie tackle Brennan and they are on the same team. That shows how we’re going!
“It seems to be how our season has gone.
Ange takes no chances
“You want to protect the integrity of training and you have to train at a certain level.
“There are the quirks of things that happen. Thankfully nothing too serious.
“You’ve just got to hope and pray that the football gods have run out of challenges to throw to us this year.”
Reguilon joined Tottenham in 2020 from Real Madrid but never really managed to settled down.
That led to loan stints at Atletico Madrid, Brentford and of course United.
The Spain international joined the Manchester giants on September 2023 as emergency cover at left-back following the injuries of Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia.
However, Reguilon barely spent four months at Old Trafford and returned to Tottenham, who then offloaded him to Brentford just two weeks later.
The defender amassed a mere 12 appearances during his short time with United.
That is just seven more than the total number of appearances he has managed this season at Tottenham, where he has fallen out of favour under Postecoglou.
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