Sergio Reguilon is anxious to find out if there have been any medical bulletins filtering south from Tyneside. ‘How is he?’ he wants to know. ‘Still in hospital? I hope he is feeling OK and back at home soon.
‘We want to invite him to a game. Maybe the game against Newcastle at home in April. If he is OK and if he wants to come that would be perfect.’
It would be a joyous sequel to the distressing scenes of the medical emergency which unfolded late in the first half of Tottenham’s win at St James’ Park on Sunday, when Alan George Smith, an 80-year-old Newcastle supporter, collapsed with a cardiac arrest.