Tottenham Hotspur manager Andre Villas-Boas has conceded that selling Michael Dawson would have been a "mistake".

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The central defender seemed to fall out of favour at White Hart Lane on the Portuguese's initial arrival, and was widely expected to eventually move to QPR or elsewhere in the January window.

Dawson has shown resilience to force his way back into contention, however. And, when directly asked whether selling ...

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