Micky van de Ven rubbishes claim Spurs players don't care

Micky van de Ven rubbishes claim Spurs players don’t care

Micky van de Ven has slammed claims that Spurs gamers don’t care about enjoying for the membership as a result of they are going to be leaving in the summertime switch window.

Tottenham are enduring a dreadful marketing campaign that has them teetering above the relegation zone within the Premier League and on the verge of exiting the UEFA Champions League.

The Lilywhites host Atletico Madrid on Wednesday night for the second leg of their last-16 tie after dropping the opening leg 5-2 in Spain.

Spurs, although, broke a six-game dropping streak, the longest within the membership’s historical past, with a spirited show at Anfield on Saturday that earned them a degree towards Liverpool.

For Van de Ven, it’s an indication that the squad has not downed instruments regardless of studies that some gamers are extra involved about leaving the membership at season’s finish.

“I’ve seen issues going by, it’s not one thing I have a look at rather a lot, to be sincere,” the Dutchman mentioned on the pre-match press convention. “It’s reporters simply saying one thing. So we’re similar to, how do you even provide you with this? Like gamers are switched off or don’t care concerning the scenario. What’s taking place proper now?

“And the one factor I can say about it’s it’s not true. It will likely be unusual if a participant will probably be in a dressing room now and saying ‘Oh, I’m gonna go away, both approach or I don’t focus concerning the scenario’.

“It doesn’t have an effect on me. And I believe it’s simply nonsense. It’s the largest nonsense. Everyone’s simply targeted on what’s going forward and what’s in entrance of us.”

Van de Ven continued: “The opposite day once we learn that one man instructed the remainder of the crew that he doesn’t care as a result of he’s leaving anyway. It’s like how does this come out? It’s simply made up. And the followers will imagine it. It’s simply irritating for us guys.

“It brings a lot extra hassle as properly, as a result of followers are beginning to imagine this, however belief me, all of the individuals concerned on the pitch, the workers, the gamers, everybody, they care a lot concerning the scenario we’re in proper now, and we simply wish to flip issues round.

“If there are some studies saying the blokes don’t care anymore, it’s irritating for our guys.”

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