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Tottenham fans want Janssen over Llorente

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Tottenham finished the game against Brighton with both Fernando Llorente and Vincent Janssen on the pitch. That might be a surprise in itself for a team that are in the semi-finals of the Champions League. But, Janssen actually appearing in a Spurs shirt again was the real headline last night – the striker hasn’t played for Pochettino since August 2017.

He didn’t score but he did enough in 11 minutes to suggest that he could still play a part for Tottenham in the season run-in, with Harry Kane likely out with injury for the rest of the season.

And many Tottenham fans saw enough last night to convince them that Janssen should be starting ahead of Fernando Llorente. Llorente offered very little against a disciplined Brighton defence, and many fans claimed that Janssen did more in 11 minutes than his strike partner had done all game.

It’s hard to argue with that. Janssen offered movement where Llorente was largely static. We’re not sure what happened between Janssen and Pochettino, but the rift has seemingly been healed.

And some Spurs fans called for their manager to start Janssen against West Ham, with Llorente on the bench. However, they might be frustrated in their demands, with Pochettino just saying “maybe” when asked if Janssen would get more game-time in the future.

Here are the calls for Janssen over Llorente from Spurs fans after last night’s game:

https://twitter.com/fraubele/status/1120797341089447936

https://twitter.com/8winks/status/1120817225877872640

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