Ramon Vega has launched a scathing assessment of Tottenham Hotspur’s board following the team’s defeat to Aston Villa.
Tottenham Hotspur crashed out of the FA Cup at the hands of Unai Emery’s team as Morgan Rogers and Jacob Ramsey’s goals won the game for the hosts, despite Mathys Tel’s late consolation.
Ange Postecgolou’s side have now exited two cups within the space of just three days having also lost to Liverpool 4-0 on Thursday in the Carabao Cup.
Vega is confident he knows what the biggest issue is at the North London club and has sent an angry message to Daniel Levy.
Ramon Vega fumes at Tottenham board after Aston Villa defeat
Ramon Vega has slammed the Tottenham board for the ‘negligence’ they have shown towards leaving Postecoglou’s squad short in several areas.
The former Tottenham defender claims that the team simply cannot cope with the lack of options and the sheer number of games they are being asked to play.
Spurs have had many injuries this season and have had to play multiple times a week almost every week since the start of October.
The Lilywhites were without eleven players for their trip to Villa Park, with key stars such as Micky van de Ven, Dominic Solanke, Cristian Romero and Guglielmo Vicario all unavailable.
After the game, Vega took to X to launch a tirade against the club’s owners: “There are too many games with crazy match fixtures, and on top of that, there is no depth in the squad to replace for all of these games.
“No wonder there is player fatigue and injuries. Crazy to believe such a club with apparently healthy finances the main deficit is the football part of it on the pitch.
“Either total negligence of the board in this matter or either useless in doing so.”
Ange Postecoglou hails the efforts of his Tottenham squad
Postecoglou has hailed the efforts of his small group of players who have stayed fit and played an incredible number of games amid limited chances to rotate.
Players like Dejan Kulusevski, Archie Gray, Pedro Porro and Heung-min Son have had little time to rest given the team’s injury crisis.
Speaking after the defeat to Villa, Postecoglou told the media: “For two and a half months this small group of players have given everything in multiple competitions. I think they’ve been outstanding.
“We had 11 first-team players missing today, we had 14 players including a 21-year-old goalkeeper who has just come to one of the best teams in the country.
“Followed by playing against the best team in the country on Thursday night, after playing in a Premier League game last Sunday, after playing a Europa game.
“Same group of players, no rotation – they’ve been doing this since the middle of November and I think they’ve just given everything they can.”