Roberto De Zerbi’s coaching staff at Tottenham Hotspur has been boosted by the addition of one of his long-time colleagues ahead of the Italian’s first full season in charge.The first group of Tottenham players returned to pre-season training last Friday, as the club step up preparations for their new campaign.New signings Sandro Tonali and Mateus Fernandes are among the group of players who are being put through their paces at Hotspur Way over recent days.Spurs have less than a week for their first pre-season friendly of the summer, with MK Dons set to take on the Lilywhites in a behind-closed-doors game ahead of the club’s pre-season tour to New Zealand and Australia.Credit: @thefrederikkejensen / InstagramAgostino Tibaudi added to Roberto De Zerbi’s coaching staff at TottenhamAlasdair Gold has now confirmed that De Zerbi’s coaching staff has been boosted by the addition of Agostino Tibaudi, who has joined Tottenham’s sports science and fitness department.The 60-year-old first linked up with the Spurs head coach in Sassuolo back in 2018, and has followed him to every club since.Gold stated on X: “Roberto De Zerbi has been joined by long-time colleague Agostino Tibaudi as part of Spurs’ sports science/fitness staff. He first joined De Zerbi at Sassuolo in 2018 and has been an ever-present since. Currently expected to be the only additional returning face to his staff.”Roberto De Zerbi has been joined by long-time colleague Agostino Tibaudi as part of Spurs' sports science/fitness staff. He first joined De Zerbi at Sassuolo in 2018 and has been an ever-present since. Currently expected to be the only additional returning face to his staff.— Alasdair Gold (@AlasdairGold) July 15, 2026Many Spurs players expected to miss club’s pre-season tour10 Tottenham stars were involved in the knockout stages of the World Cup out of the 12 Spurs players who were at the tournament.With FIFA mandating a three-week break for players after major tournaments, many of them are not expected to be back before the club fly out to Oceania in little over a week.Out of those 10, four players- Cristian Romero, Marcos Senesi, Djed Spence, and Pedro Porro – have made it to the semifinal stage, which means that their final match will be on Sunday (the final and the third-place playoff).They are thus not expected back at Hotspur Way until the final weeks of pre-season, which is not ideal for De Zerbi and his staff.READ MORE: What De Zerbi has told Djed Spence about his Tottenham future amid £25m rumoursThe post Roberto De Zerbi favourite has just been added to his Tottenham staff appeared first on Spurs Web.