While Harry Kane got a good night’s sleep before Sunday's home debut for Bayern Munich, another Tottenham legend was up at 3am to have one of the seven daily injections he needs to maintain a normal life.
Gary Mabbutt, Spurs captain for 11 years and still involved with the club into a fifth decade, is a byword for overcoming adversity.
Diagnosed with diabetes as a youngster, he defied specialists who considered his football career over to become one of the game’s great influencers.
During his playing days at Tottenham between 1982 and 1998 he saw great players such as Glenn Hoddle, Paul Gascoigne and Gary Lineker leave White Hart Lane.