{"id":26422,"date":"2026-03-17T16:44:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T16:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/van-de-ven-insists-tottenham-players-are-very-concerned-and-should-be-forgotten-amid-criticism-during-season\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T16:44:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T16:44:30","slug":"van-de-ven-insists-tottenham-players-are-very-concerned-and-should-be-forgotten-amid-criticism-during-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/van-de-ven-insists-tottenham-players-are-very-concerned-and-should-be-forgotten-amid-criticism-during-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Van de Ven insists Tottenham players are &#8216;very concerned&#8217; and should be forgotten amid criticism during season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>LONDON (AP) &#8211; Mickey van de Ven on Tuesday slammed critics who claimed: <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Tottenham&#8217;s underperforming players<\/span> They were no longer committed to the team and were already thinking about their future beyond this season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is the biggest nonsense,&#8221; the Dutch defender said emphatically in a press conference ahead of the game against Tottenham. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">champions league<\/span> Match against Atl\u00e9tico Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham go into the second leg from behind <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">5-2<\/span> since last week <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">first match<\/span> 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.<\/p>\n<p>Van de Ven was suspended for Sunday&#8217;s 1-1 draw with Liverpool in the Premier League, but the result showed continued struggles within the squad. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">relegation battle<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham have played in England&#8217;s top flight since the 1970s and are one of the country&#8217;s biggest teams, but they sit just one point above the bottom three with eight games remaining.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Believe me, everyone on the pitch, the staff, the players, everyone cares very much about the situation we&#8217;re in,&#8221; van de Ven said. \u201cWe just want to turn things around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham interim manager Igor Tudor on Wednesday described his team&#8217;s task at home against Atl\u00e9tico as &#8220;difficult but not impossible&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>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 Atl\u00e9tico, will be available.<\/p>\n<p>But Palinha wasn&#8217;t ready to return.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP Soccer: <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tottenham-vandeven-tudor-champions-league-84fe6e6bae5103dc4cccad9d45a78e46\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON (AP) &#8211; Mickey van de Ven on Tuesday slammed critics who claimed: Tottenham&#8217;s underperforming players They were no longer committed to the team and were already thinking about their future beyond this season. &#8220;This is the biggest nonsense,&#8221; 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