Tottenham interim boss Ryan Mason admits he has gone to bed dreaming of managing his boyhood club.

The 29-year-old was thrust into the head coach's position after Jose Mourinho's surprise sacking on Monday, becoming the youngest ever boss in Premier League history.

And less than a week later he will lead the club that he joined as an eight-year-old out at Wembley in Sunday's Carabao Cup final against Manchester City, completing an emotional journey for him.

He was forced to turn to coaching after a sickening head injury forced his retirement when he was just 26 and he was given the chance in Spurs' academy.

"I'll be honest, the first three days I didn't sleep at all. I want this to go well for the football club," he said. "They've given me this responsibly to sit here and lead a team and a group of players for this football club.

"It's a huge deal and I want to give it my all. On Thursday night I had a good night's sleep.

"I fell asleep in my son's bed at half seven and I woke up at 5.30am in the morning.

"I haven't had that amount of sleep in the last three days. I've probably been surviving off two or three hours, so to get that was great. The body obviously needed it. I feel energised again and I feel good, I feel good."

The fitness concern of Harry Kane has probably added to Mason's sleepless nights.

Spurs have been the nearly men in recent years as they look to end a 13-year trophy drought against City, having lost the League Cup final in 2009 and 2015 and the Champions League final in 2019.

"Listen, every club wants to win trophies," he said. "It's very difficult in this country. It's probably the most difficult country in the world to win trophies in.

"We've seen that. We've been close over the last few years but unfortunately we haven't been able to get over the line. 

"We really want to get over the line, that's for sure. But there's a feeling that this whole club, the structure, the DNA, how we want this club to go, that's very important as well.

"But trophies are usually the end goal of the foundations that have been laid before that."