.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&quality=75 "Tottenham: Roberto De Zerbi hopes dinner date will work wonders again on struggling Spurs - London Evening Standard")
The Italian took his new, expensively assembled squad back to Bacchanalia in the hopes of sparking a reaction and said it was a “pleasure” to pay for dinner, so long as “I keep the money just for the cigarette.”
De Zerbi has called on his players to relax and stop rushing their decision-making in the final third after a wasteful performance at home to Everton over the weekend, in which they started brightly but were held to a 0-0 draw.
The former Brighton manager has previously admitted his side are struggling with a mental block, but he reinforced his belief in his players while imploring them to take more responsibility.
“Maybe I’m not objective with my players, but my opinion about my players is maybe different to your opinion. I think they are very good players,” De Zerbi continued.
“If we want to change from the last two or three seasons we have to be stronger here (points to his head) and believe in the quality of the players and the decisions we made one month ago. Or we change. You can change players or change coaches, change, change, change, change, and nothing changes. Or you stay with the head, stay humble, with the right spirit to work. I believe in my players. I hope they believe in themselves like I believe in them.”