Spurs mascot's brutal comment to Virgil van Dijk picked up by Sky Sports cameras and it's instantly gone viral

A Spurs mascot completely violated his own team with a cheeky but savage remark to Liverpool skipper Virgil van Dijk in the tunnel.

Spurs host Liverpool in the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg on Wednesday night, hoping to avoid a repeat of the 6-3 hammering they suffered in the Premier League fixture just before Christmas.

Ange Postecoglou's side have not won since their 4-3 Carabao Cup quarter-final win over Manchester United and with a flurry of injuries, have been leaking goals galore.

Radu Dragusin and Archie Gray have served as the regular pairing because of the sheer amount of defensive absentees and have been targeted by opposition teams on many an occasion.

Before the game, a Spurs mascot rinsed Spurs' defenders when Van Dijk came back from his warm-up at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

The youngster all had their hands out waiting for the Dutchman and in footage captured by Sky Sports, told him, "Van Dijk come to Tottenham we haven't got any good defenders at the moment!".

The former Southampton man had a big smile as he headed back to the away dressing room, while Mark Chapman and the Sky Sports were in hysterics about the extremely honest comment.

Salah would struggle in current Spurs side

Currently 12th in the Premier League Spurs went into the semi-final having lost three of their last four games. Their form has been nothing short of wretched and Postecoglou believes even Mo Salah, easily the best player in the league this season, wouldn't be able to replicate his levels in a Spurs shirt.

"Mo is a world-class player, but if you put him in our team now I'm not sure he'll have that same level of performance because of the situation we're in as a group," Postecoglou said.

"His attacking play, who do you need? You need a team that's kind of in good form, creating opportunities, playing on the front foot, having a really solid foundation of a defence that is cohesive. None of these things exist at the moment."

32-year-old Salah has been in deadly form, scoring 21 goals in 27 games in all competitions.