After an underwhelming performance against Rangers it seems Timo Werner’s days at Tottenham are numbered and Ange Postecoglou has ruled out a permanent switch for the German international.
The Spurs manager’s ire after the Europa League encounter was clear for all to see, and there was never going to be a way back after Werner was so publicly humiliated.
Ange Postecoglou reverses his decision on Timo Werner
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Give Me Sport are reporting that despite Postecoglou previously being one of the forward’s biggest supporters at the club, the weakness of his performance in Scotland has seen his admiration reverse.
It’s clear that the Lilywhites are in a fight to earn points at present, and with a considerable injury list to deal with, that’s becoming more and more difficult for the North Londoners.
With another striker ready to leave the club of his own volition, it could put Spurs in an incredibly tight spot come January.
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Since their 4-1 win over Aston Villa at the beginning of November, Tottenham have only beaten Man City in the following eight matches in all competitions.
With the greatest respect, their next fixture at Southampton could provide some respite, however, they follow that with a Carabao Cup tie against Man United, and league games against leaders, Liverpool, as well as high-flying Nottingham Forest.
Though it’s too early to condemn the manager, clearly, if results don’t improve, Postecoglou might well find his head on the chopping block.
Perhaps the only saving grace for the Australian is that there is still well over half a season left to play in 24/25, and they are just five points off the European places at present.
If the squad can put any sort of run together to restore confidence, there’s no reason why Spurs won’t be challenging for the Champions League once more.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again the reason for Tottenhams inconsistency and lack of success over a large volume of years stems pretty much from poor and inadequate recruitment. That is not to say we haven’t had some great talent coming through with the likes of Kulevseski, Van De Ven, Porro and Romero recent examples of quality investment, But much of Spurs transfer activity is far too budget influenced and speculative at best. In recent years we have signed the like of Werner, Bissouma, Udogie and Sarr all seem prone to multiple errors which have proven costly on many occasions, then there is the like of Oderbert, Grey and Spense – the latter who can’t even seem to get any game-time – are players who may have potential but lack what Tottenham really need in actual proven quality and experience. Signing Sessegnon from Fulham a few years ago is a classical example of this failed speculative type signings and look where that took us? Time and again top talents with proven pedigrees are strongly linked with the club over a period of time only to fizzle out and fail to materialise and so often because Levy will not pay the going rate for top drawer players. I think the jury is still out on Solanke ( I actually think we overpaid for him ironically) and whether he has enough quality or goals in him, and also question whether Madisson has been signed far too late in his career to have as much beneficial impact now as he did during his time at Leicester City. There are also many questioning whether Son ( though we love him so) is now in decline after a stellar career, and lets face it great players do eventually fade as the years gather! I think Spurs really need to start investing in some genuine talent that are going to have an impact now and not in two, three or more years down the road. As a football club despite financial growth, we are losing momentum as a footballing giant and actually are arguably in the worst shape positionally since Pochettino was controversially dismissed several years ago.