JOSE MOURINHO'S Tottenham made it three straights wins with the victory over Bournemouth.

But Spurs did not have it all of their own way, holding on for a 3-2 victory.

Follow all the latest updates and transfer gossip from North London here…

• TIM SHERWOOD has been blasted for daring to criticise Jose Mourinho.

  The former Spurs boss was critical of The Special One for haling off Eric Dier after just 19 minutes against Olympiakos.

  Eladio Parames, who has known Mourinho since he was a child and advised him throughout his career, used his column in Portuguese sports paper Record to fire back.

  He said: “The pathetic statements of some commentators are very annoying to me.

  “And they annoy me even more when they are spoken by people who, due to their sporting past, should have the good sense not to say such nonsense, especially in the media that reaches millions of people.

• TOTTENHAM are eyeing a swoop for former Manchester United flop Memphis Depay.

  Depay has since been rejuvenated at Lyon, notching 12 goals and 16 assists last season and beginning this campaign netting 11 times already.

  The Dutchman’s scoring form has attracted attention from European champions Liverpool and Spurs, Calciomercato report.

• REAL MADRID were ready to offer Jose Mourinho £12million NOT to take another  job  —  and  just  wait for   Zinedine  Zidane  to  leave.

  The Spanish giants did not want their former boss to link up with another top European club.

  But the Portuguese had his heart set on Tottenham.

  And Spurs chairman Daniel Levy, who had been harbouring doubts about Mauricio Pochettino since the build-up to June’s Champions League final, rewarded his patience.

  Real were not the only club whose approaches to Mourinho were in vain.

  Borussia Dortmund, AC Milan and Lyon all wanted him, while Chinese outfit Guangzhou Evergrande were willing to pay him £40m a year AFTER tax.

  But once Mourinho knew the Tottenham job was in play, he was happy to stall on other options.

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