Roberto De Zerbi took Tottenham Hotspur players for team-bonding meal last night in latest move to escape relegation | OneFootball

Tottenham Hotspur manager Roberto De Zerbi took his players out for a team-bonding meal last night as he attempts to save the club from relegation, according to the Telegraph.

The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium club suffered a 1-0 defeat to Sunderland on Sunday in the Italian’s first game in charge.

Spurs are 18th in the Premier League table heading into the final six games of the campaign, two points off 17th-place West Ham United.

They are back in action on Saturday when they host Brighton & Hove Albion, and De Zerbi knows his men could do with all three points.

The Tottenham boss wants his players to talk more and form a stronger bond heading into the remaining fixtures, and he took them and Spurs staff to the Bacchanalia restaurant in Mayfair.

He organised the meal himself and will hope it yields much-needed impact and result.

Igor Tudor also took the Spurs squad out for a meal in February, but it did not result in any improvement and De Zerbi will hope that is not the case this time.

He wants to change the mentality of his players going forward, and it has to happen sooner rather than later.

Beating Brighton will be huge for Tottenham, and it could be what the players need to click ahead of their remaining games.

However, it will be tricky given the form of the Seagulls so far.

Brighton have won five of their last six league games and Spurs have to put in a perfect performance to get any positive result.

It remains to be seen whether they have what it takes to survive the drop having not won a league game this year.

All eyes will be on them for the game as Brighton also need to win to boost their chances of playing European football next season.