Despite all of their injury problems this season, that have hit Tottenham hard and are surfacing again at just the wrong time, Spurs may just have felt they had the upper hand on Manchester United in the build-up to the UEFA Europa League final.
The two Premier League sides, struggling badly domestically this season, go head-to-head in the Spanish city of Bilbao for the first piece of European silverware of the season.
Not only is it a trophy - something Spurs have been yearning for for the past 17 years - but a place in next season's Champions League is also up for grabs for the winner.
Lifting the Europa League trophy would make up for an otherwise disappointing season for both sides. Losing in the final would ensure it was one of the worst campaigns on record.
Tottenham head into the contest without three of their first choice midfielders. James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski and Lucas Bergvall have all been ruled out through injury, although there remains faint hope that Bergvall's teenage body may recover in time.
Spurs have taken the entire squad out to Spain for the final, with Bergvall and Maddison both spotted, getting fans excited. But even with those players unavailable there was perhaps a feeling that the Lilywhites had the edge.
Their first-choice back line is available and Son Heung-min has also returned from injury. Whereas Manchester United were sweating over the fitness of key players in their backline - Leny Yoro, Diogo Dalot and Matthijs de Ligt - as well as up front with Joshua Zirkzee nursing a problem.
Tottenham, on the face of it, also appear more in the final zone. The Lilywhites travelled out to Bilbao on Monday afternoon, getting acclimatised and holding open training at San Mames on Tuesday afternoon before Ange Postecoglou's press conference.
United opted to train at Carrington on Tuesday, flying out that afternoon, before Ruben Amorim hosted his press conference in the evening in Bilbao.
But any advantage Spurs may have had has now been wiped out. Open training at Carrington showed Yoro, Dalot and Zirkzee all training. De Ligt was missing, training on his own, but the injury troubles that looked like they were going to beset the Red Devils for the final appear to have cleared up bar one.
Amorim can now name a first-choice backline, with all deemed fully fit, as well as naming his preferred forward in Zirkzee.
Spurs will have a first choice defence and forward line, but the midfield will be something like second string, and that could hand United the edge in San Mames.