Kulusevski Recalls Ten Hours When No One Watches, So Supporter Spends Wednesday Deliberately Unobserved Outside Stadium

A Tottenham man arrived at the stadium forecourt shortly after seven on Wednesday morning with a flask, a foam mat and the stated intention of being unobserved for ten hours.

The plan follows Dejan Kulusevski's interview with AA Spor, in which the Sweden midfielder described his 526-day absence and said he worked ten hours every day when no one was watching. Kulusevski returned as a substitute in the 3-1 win over Coventry City, replacing Mohammed Kudus in the 85th minute.

The man has read the interview three times, once on a phone, once on a printout, and once aloud to a bus shelter. He has concluded that the important word is unwatched.

He did it when nobody was looking, so I'm doing it where nobody's looking. That's the whole method.

The Herald can report that the forecourt is looked at by a steward, a man with a van, two pigeons and a camera on a pole. The man has addressed the camera problem by standing with his back to it, which he describes as the first hour done.

A club source, understood to be a woman locking a gate, confirmed that nothing is happening at the stadium today and that nobody has ever been watching it on a Wednesday. The man took this as encouragement and moved nearer the bins.

By mid-morning he had completed what he called a block of stretching, a second block of standing, and a third block described only as reflection. Kulusevski said the injury had made him smarter. The man says he is not there yet, but he is ahead of schedule.

He has been joined by a second supporter, who was asked to leave on the grounds that he was watching.