Tottenham assistant coach Jesus Perez has explained the reasons behind their Barcelona training camp.
Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino took the squad out to Barcelona this time last year as well and his assistant Perez explained the thinking behind the camp.
“Last season we had a great experience here as a team and the players wanted to repeat the same training camp," he told Spurs TV. “Thankfully, the fixtures allowed us to come here after the Manchester City game. It's good to change routine, to stay together in a nice city and to share time together as a group.
“The most important thing is to provide the players with a little rest, not physical rest, but mental rest, so they can do activities here together. In London it's difficult because everyone lives in a different place and sometimes it's not easy to stay three or four days between matches, especially when you are in an English team. This is more of a European team idea, they have periods like this to do different activities. So that's most important and on Thursday, we're back to normal, back at the training centre to prepare for the FA Cup as normal."
