Tottenham Hotspur are in a moment of poor form.
Jamie Redknapp has told The Mail that he is sure of the moment Tottenham Hotspur’s season began to unravel.
Tottenham have conceded 10 goals in the past week in losses to Bayern Munich and Brighton and Hove Albion.
This has left their Champions League campaign at risk of failing to make it past the group stages, and domestically they face a battle simply to qualify for the competition next season.
Spurs currently sit in ninth place with 11 points, 13 behind current leaders Liverpool.
Redknapp believes Tottenham’s downfall was clear from the moment Mauricio Pochettino expressed his unhappiness with the club’s transfer business and his lack of control. He says he knew something was not right.
Redknapp said: “The moment I knew there was trouble on the horizon at Tottenham Hotspur was at the start of the season, when Mauricio Pochettino told us to refer to him as the ‘coach’ rather than the ‘manager’.
“‘I am not in charge and I know nothing about the situation of my players,’ he said during their pre-season tour in July. ‘The club needs to change my title and description. I am the boss deciding the strategic play, but in another area, I don’t know. I feel like I am the coach.’
“This was Pochettino letting us all know that he was in the dark about transfers and contract talks — and that is wrong.”
Spurs managed to bring players in during the summer, including key targets Giovani Lo Celso and Tanguy Ndombele.
The problem is in who they did not manage to offload, with three top stars letting their contracts run down, while the likes of Serge Aurier, Danny Rose and Victor Wanyama also have uncertain futures.
Spurs did manage to sell Georges-Kevin N’Koudou and Vincent Janssen finally, but this was long overdue. They were not ruthless enough.
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