Tottenham Hotspur’s 2020 could be one full of pain. The sacking of Mauricio Pochettino was intended to change the pattern of poor results of 2019. Jose Mourinho took over but the problems still remain. Players who are disinterested and running down contracts are still there and unless January brings a solution, Tottenham Hotspur will feel a lot of pain in 2020.
Tottenham Hotspur’s 2020 Looks Painful
Tottenham have managed to get away without doing any transfer business until last summer. The business done then already looks questionable at best. Tanguy N’Dombele has never been match fit, Giovanni Lo Celso looks lightweight, Jack Clarke is on his way back to his parent club after a disastrous loan spell with Leeds United and Ryan Sessegnon has either been injured or ineffective.
Mauricio Pochettino had talked about a painful rebuilding process being needed at Spurs but he wasn’t afforded the time to do this. The Argentine was aware that the squad was now starting to age and needed freshening up. The summer transfers failed to do either but maybe in January he could have re invigorated the squad. That task now falls to Jose Mourinho.
Contract Rebels
Mourinho is faced with the same issue that Pochettino had. Toby Alderweireld has now signed a new contract but Jan Vertonghen, Christian Eriksen, Danny Rose have all refused to sign new contracts. It is hard for any manager to get the best from players who don’t want to be at a club but for Tottenham they are better than anything else they have and that is a huge problem for the manager and the club.
January Transfer Window
Pochettino, Daniel Levy and now Jose Mourinho have all claimed that they do not need new players. They are happy with the current squad. That mantra has to be dropped. It is fooling nobody at all and the current squad is consistently failing the fans. They failed Pochettino and they continue to fail Mourinho. Performances against Chelsea, Norwich City and Southampton have been nothing short of woeful. Lethargic, slow, poor passing, schoolboy defending, lack of application. If this squad fails to be dismantled then Tottenham Hotspur will not be finishing this season in the top four. And that will bring a lot of pain.
Tottenham Hotspur’s 2020 Could Define Their Future
No top four means no Champions League. No Champions League means lost revenue. Lost revenue that makes paying off the huge stadium debts more difficult. It reduces the attraction of top players to want to join. The best players do not join clubs to play in the Europa League. The stadium is one of the best in the World. If you do not invest in the squad then the stadium becomes irrelevant. Success is bred from refreshing the squad consistently and with the right players. Tottenham Hotspur’s owners and chairman, Daniel Levy have systematically failed the club in this respect.
Harry Kane is Tottenham through and through. As time ticks by he will start to get hungrier for trophies and winners medals. Should Tottenham fail to make the top four in 2020, it would not be a surprise if he makes his move. He is too good to not win league titles and Champion’s Leagues.
Tottenham’s 2020 will prove whether the owners want tangible success or whether the Pochettino years will forever linger as the closest Tottenham will ever get to winning the Premier League.
There is a choice to be made and the right choice should be obvious. Failure is not an option. Tottenham Hotspur now sit on a precipice of success or glorious and self-inflicted failure.
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