LONDON (AP) – Mickey van de Ven on Tuesday slammed critics who claimed: Tottenham’s underperforming players They were no longer committed to the team and were already thinking about their future beyond this season.
“This is the biggest nonsense,” the Dutch defender said emphatically in a press conference ahead of the game against Tottenham. champions league Match against Atlético Madrid.
Tottenham go into the second leg from behind 5-2 since last week first match Spurs were down 3-0 after 15 minutes due to individual errors, including one by Van de Ven, and suffered a club-record sixth consecutive defeat in all competitions.
Van de Ven was suspended for Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Liverpool in the Premier League, but the result showed continued struggles within the squad. relegation battle.
Tottenham have played in England’s top flight since the 1970s and are one of the country’s biggest teams, but they sit just one point above the bottom three with eight games remaining.
“Believe me, everyone on the pitch, the staff, the players, everyone cares very much about the situation we’re in,” van de Ven said. “We just want to turn things around.”
Tottenham interim manager Igor Tudor on Wednesday described his team’s task at home against Atlético as “difficult but not impossible”.
Tudor said captain Cristian Romero, who missed the game against Liverpool after a clash of heads with teammate Joao Parinha late in the defeat to Atlético, will be available.
But Palinha wasn’t ready to return.
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