It had been somewhat taken for granted by many that Inter Milan would beat PSV at home and leave Tottenham the task of gaining all three points away to Barcelona on Tuesday evening.
Perhaps Inter themselves bought into that too much and there’ll be a lot of critical talk in Italy over how Inter failed to beat the Eredivisie club, despite PSV having a very good season so far.
Tottenham will take their fortune and progress to the next round. The opportunity of a trip to Spain this week also gave Fernando Llorente a chance to talk to the Spanish media, just as he had done following Barcelona’s visit to Wembley.
On the agenda… a return to Athletic Club Bilbao, of course.
Llorente spoke to the El Larguero programme, and that’s been picked up by Mundo Deportivo, who have a headline saying: ‘Fernando Llorente: Yes, I would like to return to Athletic’
The striker was asked about signing for his former club, and explained: “If I have the opportunity and they come to talk to me, probably, yes, is the truth.”
He hasn’t yet had an offer.
Athletic are struggling this season and will likely look for signings in the winter market, to which Llorente said: “Come back now or in summer? I do not know. It does not depend on me. To go out in the winter market they would have to talk to Levy and I cannot do anything.”
