Harry Kane, Christian Eriksen and Dele Alli are big players
Garth Crooks
Spurs are desperate to keep their top stars in the summer in order to not dip too heavily into the transfer market.
That’s because they need to balance squad funds with paying off their £1bn stadium.
And former Spurs star Garth Crooks has warned his old side must make it to next season’s Champions League in order to keep the current squad happy.
“When big players miss out on big competitions they get a bit disgruntled and they start talking to each other,” Crooks said on BBC Radio 5 Live.
Harry Kane and Christian Eriksen have both been on top form this season (Image: GETTY)
Tottenham's players in the new stadium tunnel (Image: GETTY)
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Harry Kane, Christian Eriksen and Dele Alli are arguably Tottenham's three best players (Image: GETTY)
“Harry Kane, Christian Eriksen and Dele Alli are big players and when they get disgruntled, other clubs will come sniffing.
“We can't allow that to happen and if it goes south, big questions will be asked and it will get tense.”
Kane is wanted at Real Madrid and manager Zinedine Zidane may well make a move for the Tottenham striker come the summer.
Eriksen is also on the radar of the Spanish side and has not signed a new contract at White Hart Lane.
“There was a bit of anxiety in the final 15 minutes and Spurs will need more confidence when Man City come here in a very different proposition,” he said.
“They got through it and they won quite comfortably in the end.”
Son, who scored the first competitive goal in the new stadium, said: “It's just amazing. What an unbelievable stadium. The noise was just so loud.
"To score the first goal at this stadium… I just want to say to thank you to my team-mates and the fans.
"White Hart Lane is our history but the new stadium… I can't believe it. To play in it is an amazing feeling. It's a bit different from Wembley. Wembley was not our home."