The most-improved player award isn’t always the most coveted of titles, ranking somewhere above ‘clubman of the year’ but well below the more meaningful individual honours; but for two players at Sunday’s North London derby it is a story worth telling. How many players can you think of at Manchester United who have been improved by Jose Mourinho, for instance? Now, crucially for Arsenal and Tottenham fans, there seems to be managers in north London who are achieving the same. Now Spurs fans are singing his name again. Arsenal and Tottenham fans will see the benefits of that focus at the Emirates on Sunday in what is one of the most highly-anticipated North London derbies of recent times, given the encouraging form of both teams.

Source: Evening echo December 01, 2018 05:15 UTC