After Danny Rose announced his intention to run down his contract with the club earlier in the week, it seems as if Christian Eriksen, Jan Vertonghen and Toby Alderweireld all plan on doing the same, with a lot of fans calling for the ‘contract rebels’ to be dropped from the first-team.
Rose, whose contract runs out in the summer of 2021, announced that he would not leave the club for any transfer fee and expects to leave the club on a free transfer at the end of next season. According to the Daily Star (via RickySacks) all three of Eriksen, Vertonghen and Alderweireld are considering letting their contracts run down ahead of there expiry at the end of the season.
With Spurs languishing in 14th place in the Premier League following a dreadful start, it seems as if fans would be more than happy to see these three players leave in January, rather than continuing to employ them.
Here are the responses:
Let them go, at the end of the day it’s just money. I know it’s crazy to say that, but there’s no point making this a bigger deal and disrupting the harmony of the squad. The players that want to play for the club we should be focusing on them more. Let them train with the u23s
— E-Spurs Aus (@e_spurs_aus) November 15, 2019
Then unfortunately all 4 shouldn’t be no where near the 1st team
— lee lambrianou (@leeharry100) November 14, 2019
Yes with that attitude – Sideline them = keep them at home = That will harm their International selections.
— Bazzabee (@Bazzabee4) November 14, 2019
Release them now and promote Ntanganga and Parrott. #COYS
— Mission (@Mission_MLTSA) November 14, 2019
Shocking that the club can allow this to happen to one top class player let alone four at once!
Time to focus on the future, we need to play those that want to be here.
The badge on the front is bigger than the name on the back!#COYS— Dave (@dgriggs66) November 15, 2019
If that’s the case, they need to be far away from the club. Pay them out and release them. Cut your loses now.
— Boomah, the H is silent for latinos (@30Piesas) November 14, 2019
Bye bye
— Adam (@adamhotspurs) November 15, 2019
Send them to the stands. Ungreatful for what Poch and this club has given them over the last 5 years. Never to pull on a Spurs shirt again. Thanks for your services.
— DAMIEN (@DamienDzanic) November 15, 2019
Spurs fans are clearly furious with these players’ reported decision to run down their contracts, with the majority wanting to see them benched for the rest of the season.
What do we think?
It can’t be helping Spurs to have a number of key first-team players having no desire to play for the club and it’s drastically affecting them both on and off the pitch. All of Eriksen, Vertonghen, and Alderweireld have had nightmare starts to the season after being some of Spurs’ most consistent players over the last few years.
Mauricio Pochettino has a big decision to make when it comes to playing them when they have seemingly admitted that they want to leave and it seems as if a lot of Spurs fans just want to see them depart the club.