Sky Sports pundit and former player Gary Neville has issued a scathing verdict about Tottenham Hotspur this week as he appeared on a special edition of Monday Night Football.
What’s he said?
They ran an ‘MNF Retro’ show where they looked back on games of yesteryear, one of which was Leeds United’s stunning 4-3 victory over Liverpool in 2000.
Neville, who played for arch-rivals Manchester United during this time, likened the west Yorkshire outfit to Spurs with the following statement, he said:
“I think Tottenham are the modern equivalent of that Leeds team.
“Tottenham haven’t gone onto do what they should have done – maybe they should have won the league the year Leicester won it and could have won a Champions League with a little more luck.
“This Tottenham team is now coming to an end or has come to an end. Teams like Leeds caught you up but never went on to do it. There was something missing. Clubs like Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United have had history to build on to win trophies, there’s a mentality within the club to win trophies. Leeds were trying to build that mentality during that period.
“You always felt Leeds were getting nearer and nearer – like Tottenham were getting nearer and nearer. And then you think, how are they going to get back?”
Gary Neville on Monday Night Football [23/03/2020]
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Jose’s revolution
What the ex-England right-back has had to say is interesting, and you’d have to put up a difficult case to even disagree. Spurs haven’t won a piece of silverware since 2008, and that was merely a league cup.
In fact, new boss Jose Mourinho has won more trophies in his entire career than the north Londoners, which is maybe why Daniel Levy chose him as Mauricio Pochettino’s successor back in November.
Although with that he inherits a squad that was evidently performing way beyond their best with a couple of players that are now beyond their sell-by date, and Neville eludes to this with the statement that the team “is now coming to an end or has come to an end.”
Therefore, the Portuguese chief has a monumental rebuild job on his hands to turn Spurs around – currently, they face next season without Champions League football as they’re out of all cup competitions and sit seven points adrift from the top four.
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