Former Tottenham defender has harsh words for ex-manager.
Andre Villas-Boas incurred the wrath of Tottenham fans this week when he urged Harry Kane to leave the club to win trophies.
Kane made his debut under Villas-Boas and the Portuguese manager feels that his next step should be to quit Tottenham some time in the next two seasons.
He told the Evening Standard: “If he has a hunger for trophies and for notoriety he would have to leave Spurs, if he has no hunger for that, but (wants) recognition and stability, he would stay at Spurs.”
Villas-Boas’ comments did not go down well with fans of the club where he was fired in 2013, after his impressive first year at the club unravelled after Gareth Bale was sold.
If any manager should be aware of the damage his comments could do to Tottenham if they played into Kane making up his mind to leave, it should be him, having experienced first hand the effects of a star player’s departure.
Former Tottenham defender Graham Roberts lambasted Villas-Boas via Twitter, slamming the manager for speaking out in such a manner.
Villas-Boas is currently out of work, with his last stint in China where he managed Shanghai SIPG, following a successful spell in Russia where he won the title with Zenit St Petersburg.
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