As well as improving the team's form, interim boss Igor Tudor has been brought in to try and "correct" the side's disciplinary issues, says Serie A writer for The Athletic James Horncastle.
Former Juventus manager Tudor joined the club on an interim basis for the remainder of the season following the sacking of Thomas Frank.
With four red cards across all competitions already this term, including two in the Premier League for captain Cristian Romero, one of the first issues for the Croatian to address as they look to move away from the relegation positions is discipline.
"I think he has been brought in in part because, he hasn't got a reputation as being a strict disciplinarian, but he is not someone who is going to suffer fools gladly," Horncastle told BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily podcast.
"He's been around big, big name players. I mean, that's normal for being a Juventus player. When he was a player the likes of [Zinedine] Zidane being around him. When Tudor was Andrea Pirlo's assistant Cristiano Ronaldo was in the Juventus dressing room. At that time there were big characters like Leonardo Bonucci, Giorgio Chiellini around.
"I think Spurs acknowledge, not only in this appointment, but in some of the business that they tried to do in the January transfer window, that there's a leadership deficit in that dressing room. That's why they brought in someone who they feel could be a good role model in Conor Gallagher. I think that's why they tried to sign Andy Robertson as well.
"There's a feeling that a lot of the South American players in that dressing room follow Cristian Romero and they need to maybe rebalance that a little bit. Ultimately a lot of this comes from the coach, a lot of this comes from the senior players in that dressing room and the tone that they set, so they've tried to correct that as much as they can in this January period and then with the change of coach."
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