Tottenham Hotspur are battling to avoid relegation from the Premier League and Wayne Rooney has given his verdict on the players who have dragged them down into the fight
Wayne Rooney has slammed the Tottenham Hotspur players amid their ongoing run of poor form that has put the club in danger of being relegated from the Premier League.
Spurs are currently in 16th place in the top-flight standings and just one point above the drop zone with nine matches left to play.
Spurs have lost 14 of their 29 Premier League matches this season, and went on to part ways with Thomas Frank last month before appointing Igor Tudor as his replacement.
Tudor was appointed on a caretaker basis until the end of the season, but has lost all four matches that he has taken charge of, including three in the top flight and one in the Champions League.
The most recent defeat was the 5-2 hammering at the hands of Atletico Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday night, which followed a 3-1 loss to Crystal Palace in the Premier League a few days earlier.
That run of form has led to increased speculation about Tudor’s future at Tottenham, with several candidates being linked as potential replacements, including former Everton and Nottingham Forest boss Sean Dyche.
Tottenham return to top-flight action this weekend, where they will face Liverpool at Anfield. Ahead of the fixture, Rooney has criticised the Spurs squad for their attitude in games.
“The players need to look at themselves, because I think they’ve been an absolute disgrace,” Rooney said on the Stick to Football podcast.
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“The performances, the attitude, the lack of desire, the lack of fight, the lack of anything in them.
“I was watching the Crystal Palace game, and I said it last week, I really felt sorry for Tottenham fans.
“I’m looking at Tottenham fans, and they’re sat there and they’re not even angry anymore, they’re just disappointed and sad.”
Tudor’s future has been the subject of speculation in recent weeks, despite only taking the job at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium last month on a caretaker basis until the end of the season.
Despite the rumours, Tudor is still expected to be in charge for Tottenham’s trip to Merseyside on Sunday to face Liverpool, with the 47-year-old speaking to the media in a pre-match press conference on Friday.
After that, Tottenham will face Atletico Madrid in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie, where they will need to overturn a three-goal deficit in order to progress to the quarter-final.