Roberto De Zerbi has urged his Tottenham team to play with “blood, character and spirit” as they battle to avoid a first relegation in 49 years on Sunday.
A draw against Everton on the final day of the Premier League season will all but certainly save Spurs, as 18th-placed West Ham, two points behind, have a significantly inferior goal difference.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s Hammers host Leeds at the London Stadium on the same day, with all 10 games kicking off at 1500 GMT.
“We have to play with blood, with character, with spirit because it’s a final,” De Zerbi said at his pre-match press conference on Friday.
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“They played a great final last season (in the Europa League), and they won a trophy,” he added. “Maybe there was a bonus. (On Sunday) There is no trophy, there is no bonus.
“There is something more important than the trophy and the bonus. There is the future of the club, there is the history of the club, there is the pride of the players, and there is the pride of the families of the players.
“There is the dignity of every one of us.”
