Some Tottenham Hotspur fans have taken to Twitter to give their reaction to comments from West Ham United central defender Kurt Zouma.
What’s the story?
Tottenham will take on West Ham in the London derby today.
The Premier League game will be held at London Stadium.
Harry Kane will lead the line for Spurs,, while West Ham will have striker Michail Antonio in attack.
Zouma – who joined West Ham from Chelsea in the summer transfer window for £29.8 million, according to Sky Sports – is set to start in defence.
Ahead of the game, quotes have emerged from the 26-year-old central defender about facing Kane.
You can see a snapshot of them below.
That was in The London Evening Standard’s print edition (page 33, October 22, 2021).
Zouma is quoted as saying in The London Evening Standard’s online edition about facing Kane: “He is a very dangerous player.
“He can score from every position. If you leave him room he can shoot from everywhere and score. He is accurate, very dangerous, one of the best strikers in the Premier League. He’s scored a lot of goals.
“You never know what can happen with him. You always have to be focused and concentrated and tight on him.”
The defender added about Antonio: “He is a top striker. He’s got everything — fast, accurate, dangerous, good on the ball, good finisher.
“He can hold the ball very well, his movements are good. I mean a top striker at the minute — and you can see he is flying.”
What are Tottenham Hotspur fans saying?
As you can see from the tweets below, Tottenham fans are not too impressed by Zouma’s comments.
Well, some of them anyway.
Kane is a world-class striker and one of the best on the planet.
Antonio is not even a ‘natural’ striker.
The Jamaica international was playing as a right-back and as a right-winger not so long ago.
However, we should not underestimate the West Ham no. 9.
Antonio is clinical, a handful for the opposition defenders, quick and very strong.
The 31-year-old has scored five goals and provided three assists in seven Premier League appearances so far this season.
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