Jose Mourinho appears to have lost his "mojo" and "self-belief", according to Glenn Hoddle, who believes the Tottenham boss is struggling to come up with a plan to get the best out of his players.
"As a Spurs man, I just wondered, in my heart, has he lost his mojo? Has he lost his self-belief? Only he would know that," ex-Tottenham boss Hoddle told BT Sport of Mourinho's current plight after the Leipzig defeat.
"I am hoping he hasn't for Tottenham's sake, I really do.
"In a way, I think he does need to rebuild. Not in terms of just getting players, but he needs to rebuild that team in the way that he is going to put them out there or get them in a shape where he knows exactly what they are doing, every player, whoever comes from the bench."
Hoddle added on Mourinho's ineffective tactical approach and inability to keep up with the ever-changing modern football landscape: “I don’t know if it’s [the game] moved on and he hasn’t.
“Let’s be fair I don’t think the squad was as good as he thought it was going to be at Tottenham. He’s had his key players taken away from him so actually he’s got to do better with the players that he’s got.
“That is his problem at this moment in time. He hasn’t sort of pushed himself to the limits tactically to come up with something where he’s going to get the best out of this squad at this moment in time.
“That might come later down the line but he might need another transfer window to get some more players in that he wants. Whether the game’s moved on I’m not sure.
“I’ll tell you what I do worry as a Spurs man, I do wonder whether he’s got self-doubts now which he’s never had in his career.
“That is a big problem. if he has and that will only unfold in the coming six, seven, eight months.”