Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino insists he bears no grudges towards Andros Townsend but suggested the England winger lacked the tactical flexibility to flourish in his fluid side.
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Alan Pardew is expected to recall Yohan Cabaye to Palace’s starting XI for the visit to White Hart Lane.
Townsend, who has admitted he was “not playing well enough” at Spurs, did not feature for Pochettino again after clashing with Gardiner during the warm-down following Spurs’ 3-1 win over Aston Villa in November. Pereyra, who appeared for the Old Lady in the 2015 Champions League final, is the first of two potential singings that Watford look likely to make this week, with Sunderland defender Younes Kaboul reportedly having a medical at the club this week. “We spent almost two years together here and we had a good relationship”. We took a professional decision. “We were out of the League Cup and there was not too much opportunity to rotate the squad”. We split our ways and nothing happened.
Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino is confident Michel Vorm will prove an adequate replacement for goalkeeper Hugo Lloris following the Frenchman’s opening-day injury against Everton. “If you wanted to play more, you can wait or find another place to play”. The press said that the leadership of “Palace” was able to negotiate a transfer Benteke from the “Liverpool”, but because the player under the style of “glaziers” fits perfectly! I think a lot of managers still use typical wingers like in the past. He wanted to play more and feel important in the team. “The discipline and the realisation are very important for success”. It is very important to show respect for everyone at the club. This can be explained not very good game, “Spurs” on “Goodison”.
Pochettino is taking a similar line with Nabil Bentaleb, the Algeria midfielder now training with the club’s youngsters.
Bentaleb impressed during Pochettino’s first year in charge but his frustration at losing his place last season irritated the Spurs head coach and reconciliation now seems out of reach. He is now training with the Under-21s while he tries to find a club willing to pay Tottenham’s asking price of at least £10million.
‘He is not with the first team because he wanted to leave.
“But there is nothing to do”. “We share the changing room and the restaurants all together, it is not a big issue, not a problem”, he said.
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“The rule is very clear: if you are not part of my plans, why are you training with us?” While there were football reasons for preferring other wide players to Townsend, the way Pochettino froze Townsend out still pointed to a brutal ruthlessness in the Argentine coach.
