da dobrowin: Former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder and Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp has told The Debate that the club made a “huge mistake” when they sold Kyle Walker to Manchester City during the summer.
da betway: Spurs have struggled for form in the Premier League in recent weeks despite qualifying for the knockout stages of the Champions League as group winners with a game to spare, taking just five points from the last 18 available.
Injuries to the likes of Toby Alderweireld and Victor Wanyama certainly hasn’t helped matters, but Redknapp says that the club’s reported £100,000-a-week wage cap is starting to hold the north London outfit back.
The 44-year-old believes that some of the current Tottenham players will look at Walker and the money and success he is enjoying at Man City and feel that they deserve the same, and it could be affecting their performances on the pitch.
He told The Debate: “Letting Kyle Walker go in the summer looks like a huge mistake.
“I thought it was good business at the time but now what it’s has done is set a precedent in the dressing room. It looks to me that the players know what the going rate is.”
Despite challenging for the Premier League title over the course of the last two seasons, Mauricio Pochettino’s men lie 18 points behind leaders City with 15 matches down this term, and they face quick-fire home games against Stoke City and Brighton and Hove Albion at Wembley next week.