Tottenham signing James Maddison has revealed that a text message from Heung-min Son sparked Sunday's pre-game huddle.

Spurs appeared to be united as one when they took on Brentford in their first Premier League game of the season.

Amid the backdrop of Harry Kane leaving the club days before the 2-2 draw at the weekend, Maddison admits new captain Son was rallying the troops.

"Sonny text me last night and I said I've got an idea, for the huddle instead of doing it in the middle of the pitch, we'll go to do it over by the fans," explained the England international to football.london.

"I think they appreciated that, just to show we're all together. They probably appreciated that just as much as we appreciated their support and sticking with us until the end.

"It was a nice idea for Sonny and got us off to a positive start. It was a shame the water stopped and we had to wait for 10 minutes because it lost its value a little bit."