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What does Pochettino do with disrespectful Alderweireld?


What does Pochettino do with disrespectful Alderweireld?

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can Pochettino and Alderweireld sort out their differences or did Alderweireld take it too far?


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Mauricio Pochettino has a dilemma and it surrounds the future of centre-back Toby Alderweireld.

Nobody doubts he is high quality, but it isn't as simple as he is an excellent defender so he must be kept. Publicly he has been Tweeting public relations stuff for the fans, all very meaningless.

Behind the scenes, however, as reported before several times, he has burnt his bridges with Pochettino and therefore the club.

He has demanded a wage that nobody thinks he is worth. You pay high wages for strikers who score goals, you don't pay it for aging centre-backs, not unless you have money to throw around and Spurs don't.

Any fan who thinks we do had better read my article on wages: Wage Bill Realities That Dictate Football

ITK from COYS forum via Spurs Community.

"Only wants to stay as nobody wants to pay him what he thinks he is worth, in addition, he needs a change of attitude if he does stay as he acted very disrespectfully to Poch, not over finances, but can't/won't reveal unless he goes. He did not act professionally and if it was me there would be no way back, but I'm not Poch."

Now Alderweireld has been saying that his exclusion from the playing side at Tottenham was unjustified, but as the information above shows, it is entirely justified. It also suggests he is not remorseful and he wants to leave.

Pochettino likes a happy environment and doesn't want players in it who upset that environment, it is part of building a successful side.

Pochettino has a history of ostracising players who fall out of line and if a player has been disrespectful to the extent that Toby appears to have been then there is a lot of work to do. Nobody likes to work with someone they don't like or don't want to work with. You would be the same at work yourself.

How this will play out we'll have to wait and see, but if he goes, it will be down to Pochettino, not Daniel Levy.

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3 comments

  1. Looks like another case of a player who has been badly let down by his agents and acolytes...his current salary is way out of line with rest of the squad which, is almost certainly the main bone of contention, but he continues to rebut offers that would more than double that (if the figs. that continue to appear in the blogosphere are reasonably accurate.
    We can extend his contract until the summer of 2020 by which time he will be 31.
    He cost £14.40M from Atletico so the amortisation of that fee is chicken feed as far as DL is concerned.
    Both those factors negate the supposed buyout clause (£25M) that he has for the Summer of 2019.
    Such a shame that a talented player is heading for the dustbin simply because his agent got taken to the cleaners by DL.

  2. Well said Hib and there should always be a way back if he apologizes and gets his head down. Without any power play from the management. For the greater good of the club , to d me a CB as good as Tobby for 25 mil. But of course he has to mean it.
  3. 'As the information above shows, it is entirely justified'?
    Are you sure?
    For someone who repeatedly reminds us not to believe what we read in newspapers and on football websites, you seem to be placing an awful lot of reliance on the word of 'Ali Z' who won't even reveal what the 'information' is he claims to know! How can that possibly be used to evidence anything yet alone, 'entirely justify' it?