http://www.football.london/tottenham-hotspur-fc/news/state-art-training-facility-spurs-12496086 Some Tottenham Hotspur fans have questioned the need for their club to head off to Barcelona this week when they have their own state-of-the-art training facility at Hotspur Way, but assistant manager Jesus Perez has explained the reasoning being the trip.
Spurs headed across to the Catalan city within hours of their 2-2 draw at Manchester City on Saturday night, grabbing a flight for a few days of warm weather training.
Pochettino spent many years in Spain as a player and then a manager at Espanyol, while his assistant Perez, a Spaniard, explained exactly why after a tough first half to the season Spurs needed a change of scenery and will return in plenty of time for their FA Cup match against Wycombe Wanderers at White Hart Lane on Saturday.It's good to change routine, to stay together in a nice city and to share time as a group," he explained to Spurs' Twitter account.
"You know we've played so many matches so far and it's pretty much the same - a lot of training, the same routines. Of course we are training here, we are not here on holiday but they have time to be together as a group, they can do activities here together.
"In London it's very difficult because everyone lives in different places and sometimes it's not easy to stay together for three or four days between matches."
He added: "We want to be better as a group and as a team. The most important thing is the character and the resilience. Thursday we are back to normal at our training ground to prepare for the FA Cup."
