Ryan Mason is on standby at managerless Tottenham to lead preseason training.

Mason was made interim head coach until the end of the season in April after Jose Mourinho was sacked, becoming the youngest manager of a Premier League club so far, at the age of 29.

But since then Spurs have been repeatedly foiled in their efforts to appoint a permanent successor to Mourinho.

Their players who were not involved in international duty are due to arrive back on July 5 for the start of pre-season training, in just ten days' time.

The club have now put Mason and his team - with Chris Powell and Nigel Gibbs as interim assistants, Michel Form as interim goalkeeping coach, and Ledley King as first team assistant - on standby to take charge of preparations for pre-season, in case a new man is not appointed in time, reports the Daily Express.