Tottenham Hotspur’s star defender Micky van de Ven gave his team-mates a painful actuality verify earlier than their aspect’s humiliating 4-1 defeat within the North London derby.
Amid a season that has become a nightmare, the Dutchman labeled the membership’s present place within the league as “unacceptable” and named 5 key folks, together with himself, who should shoulder the burden of lifting Spurs out of doldrums.
Obtain the official CaughtOffSide app to get all the most recent information and updates straight to your telephone. above apple & Google play
The membership sit in sixteenth place, simply two factors above the relegation zone, and the environment within the dressing room is reportedly at an all-time low.
Micky van de Ven desires Tottenham team-mate to step up
Chatting with Sky Sports activities earlier than the sport towards Arsenal, the Dutchman pointedly identified that the membership’s younger gamers can’t be anticipated to hold the load of a relegation battle.
As a substitute, he referred to as on his core group of 5 skilled gamers – himself, the suspended Cristian Romero, goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario, midfield anchor Joao Parinha and striker Dominic Solanke – to guide by instance.
“For those who’re a membership like Tottenham Hotspur, who’ve such a top quality venue and are, I’d say, the best membership, it is unacceptable to be standing on this place on the desk and the outcomes should be a lot better.
“In fact we nonetheless have some high quality gamers left. We now have a extremely proficient squad and a few high gamers, however we have additionally misplaced some essential gamers for us, so it is essential that the gamers who’re match now step up.”
“We clearly have some younger gamers within the group and we won’t have them be the gamers we have to take us ahead. So usually subsequent to me I might have Kuti, who’s sadly suspended, however behind me I’ve the skilled (Guglielmo) Vić, in midfield we now have the skilled Joao Parinha and we now have the skilled (Dominik) Solanke.”
Van de Ven suspected of ignoring supervisor Igor Tudor’s orders throughout match towards Arsenal
Van de Ven’s phrases had been geared toward management, however his personal actions on the pitch have drawn heavy criticism.
Footage from Arsenal’s defeat confirmed the defender fully ignoring tactical directions from new caretaker supervisor Igor Tudor.
Van de Ven remained immobile as Tudor frantically signaled for him to maneuver greater, a show of insubordination that echoed an analogous incident with former supervisor Thomas Frank earlier this season.
This public friction, together with Spurs’ plummeting outcomes, is forcing Van de Ven to depart.
Value greater than €100m, the 24-year-old is reportedly a goal of Liverpool and Actual Madrid, with the latter seeing him as Virgil van Dijk’s long-term successor.
Even when Van de Ven’s declaration of conflict doesn’t provoke a right away response subsequent Sunday towards Fulham, he might find yourself guiding his team-mates by their remaining months in a Tottenham shirt earlier than a serious summer season exodus.
