Tottenham have decided Vincent Janssen will not be part of their Champions League efforts.
Tottenham Hotspur announced their squad for this season’s Champions League on Monday and there were a couple of glaring omissions.
ESPN report Vincent Janssen was left out along with the forever injured Erik Lamela.
Janssen was linked with a move away from Spurs on deadline day with West Brom, Stoke and Brighton all discussed but no move came through.
The Dutch international’s move to Tottenham has developed into a nightmare despite the high hopes he arrived with after finishing 2015/16 as the Eredivisie top scorer for AZ Alkmaar.
Janssen has fallen down the Tottenham pecking order after Fernando Llorente’s deadline day arrival from Swansea.
Last season head coach Mauricio Pochettino indicated he would rather pick Heung-Min Son up front if required, meaning Janssen would effectively be fourth choice in the position.
This was another ruthless decision from the Argentine.
The snub for the Champions League squad will not help Janssen’s confidence and a January exit appear inevitable, even if Holland are at risk of not qualifying for next summer’s World CUp.
Here is a look at how Tottenham fans reacted on Twitter to the Janssen news.
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