Carlos Vinícius has struggled to gain meaningful game-time at Tottenham and a cursory scan of fan comment online reveals that many supporters are confused as to why the 25-year-old doesn’t get a bigger slice of the action.
This evening Spurs will travel to Brighton minus the talismanic Harry Kane, and the argument to start the Rio de Janero born boy will be at it loudest, if not at its most authoritative.
The issue stems from Vinícius not being a Mourinho pick in the first instance – which I man given to understand from a source close to the club. For clarity, I don’t mean José is refusing to play him out of some weird spite, rather that this isn’t a player which our coaching team identified themselves, and it regrettably appears that in training the boy falls beneath the standards of the Portuguese and his staff.
Despite the sparsity of game-time, Carlos has netted 6-times, including a hat trick against Marine in the cup.
If Carlos Vinícius fails to get a start tonight, his future will look beyond bleak and more rumours about second-rate strikers to Spurs will begin again in earnest.