Kieran Trippier has blamed Tottenham for mismanaging an injury which caused him to miss a crucial chunk of Atletico Madrid’s season.
The 29-year-old has been openly critical about his treatment during his last season at Spurs before he left for La Liga in the summer of 2019.
Speaking to The Sunday Mirror, Trippier again highlighted the fitness problems that contributed to his poor form in his final 12 months with us, revealing that he had pelvic and groin issues which required surgery.
However, Trippier claims that Spurs blocked him from having the operation, which he eventually had during Spain’s winter break in January. The full-back had to sit out seven matches as he recovered, including the first leg of Atletico’s Champions League last-16 tie against Liverpool.
The England international resents Spurs for not allowing him to resolve this issue sooner, telling The Mirror: “I should have had it last season at Spurs but people didn’t want me to have it then. I had so many issues with the last season there and about the way I performed and struggled with injuries.
“It got to a point where I had to have surgery this season and really I should have had it done last season. But there were so many important games… I don’t really want to go into it.”
This just highlights to me how badly we’ve managed the right-back position which has become a major issue for us now.
Here we’ve got a lad who couldn’t defend for toffee last season, playing through the pain, so that we didn’t have to use any of the other two right-backs we were left with when he departed.
It just shows how low an opinion Mauricio Pochettino must have had of Serge Aurier and Kyle Walker-Peters, and how indefensible it was of Daniel Levy not to replace Trippier last summer.
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Sadly it’s the world we live in. We never get the full story, just the odd quote taken out of context. Social media is no better than most news agencies. It really does seem like the truth of anything has become a secondary concern these days.
The hashtag phenomenon is another worry…
Agreed. Same with Dembele.
The mirror or sun or daily mail or any general tabloid newspaper should be used with caution or a pinch of salt. Especially any sensational claim. Also when rehashing other peoples words.
You tell it how you feel it with facts. I rate that
Footballing genius indeed
The beauty of inviting more writers, is that you get contrasting opinions.
There are dozens of conflicting posts since we started adding different voices.
*Obviously my opinion is the bestest, being more better than anyone elses.
I read THIS somewhere………???????
“Former Tottenham defender Kieran Trippier has been in the news all day because of comments he made regarding his last season at Tottenham and an operation he needed on a groin injury.
The Mirror ran with this headline ” Kieran Trippier slams Tottenham for surgery delay that saw him miss seven Atletico games “
TeamTalk goes with “Trippier savages Tottenham over alarming injury decision“
Football365 jump on the bandwagon with “Trippier blasts Tottenham for delaying his groin surgery“
And Goal.com headline with “Atletico Madrid defender Trippier slams Tottenham for forcing him to delay surgery“ Now, those four are not the only ones to go with these sensational headlines, there are literally tens of headlines from almost every sports new outlet trumpeting the same rubbish.
Before I get on to the fans reaction, let’s look at what Trippier actually said and this quote was taken from the Mirror and you have read what their headline was.
“But I struggled for months with my groin and pelvis and I eventually had surgery just after the winter break in Spain in January.
“Because of the timing of the break and the operation I was only out for a few weeks and now I feel so much better. “I should have had it last season at Spurs but people didn’t want me to have it then. I had so many issues with the last season there and about the way I performed and struggled with injuries.
“It got to a point where I had to have surgery this season and really I should have had it done last season. “But there were so many important games… I don’t really want to go into it.”
So, the very first thing one can see is that Trippier does not slam, blast, savage Tottenham in any form, all he says is that “I should have had it last season at Spurs but people didn’t want me to have it then” He also says ” But there were so many important games. ” and admits that he actually had the surgery last January, not last summer after he left Spurs, a good five-six months later.
Those comments from Trippier were just stating the facts, he in no way attacked anyone for the delay but that would spoil a juicy headline wouldn’t it?
Let’s have a quick look at what some of the Spurs fans have had to say about the Mirror headline in particular.
“Read the article pal they’ve baited you with a nonsense headline— Robert Lodge (@lodge_robert) May 31, 2020
No he didn’t, just another BS mirror headline— Nathan (@yuicjsenoj) May 31, 2020
He doesn’t. Saved you clicking.— Corbit (@Corbit_THFC) May 31, 2020
Don’t be fooled by the bullshit headline. He said he should’ve had it last season but there were too many important games (like the CL run to the final!). So he is hardly slamming spurs, more just explaining why it was delayed. Slow news day clearly— Sandeep C (@Soulfly778) May 31, 2020
And the media have the nerve to question why Haaland gave some short answers. A player could talk for 45 minutes, say 1 tiny thing and have it misinterpreted for a sensationalist headline and clicks— Kev Greenhalgh (@Scuzzlebutt84) May 31, 2020”
Was in clissold park earlier. Never seen so many people in one park. Not even enough room to put up the badminton net. Craaaazy. Ice cream man killed it. £3.50 for a small lemon ice. Ram jam.
Trips. Shut up you stupid mug. This ain’t slavery. You’re an idiot for letting them tell you what to do re your body.
The point about Poch having to play him because he had no other viable options is telling, but to not replace him after he left as well is just pathetic. An illustration of how far down the list of priorities the football is for Levy…
I wondered why his standards suddenly dropped though he wasnt the same player.. An recurring pelvis injury that required surgery makes sense.. Players do delay surgery sometimes, pretty stupid though, putting club before own health. Risking worse injury. We see kane playing on injuries too often.
But its not like the club knew he would be at a different club the following season when insisting he play through the pain barrier and he was well able to play for AM at the start of the season. Trippier was fatigued after thw WC but that doesn’t excuse some of his dreadful performances last season.
Interesting perspective. He wasn’t forced to play, as he could have done a ‘Sturridge’ and played the injury card. It didn’t help him or the team as he was poor, unless it helped get his transfer. I still think £20m was daylight robbery. We should have got way more him. Some players play through the pain and can do a job, Trippier couldn’t. Obviously, there is some bad blood there, but it appears he has done well out of the deal so he isn’t pushing it. We though have papered over the right back spot since Walker left.
I agree, but I think players and owners are mainly self serving anyway. Only the fans really care these days.
ENIC OUT
No, we don’t know the “whole story”.
But we do know how this cheapskate jerkoff Levy operates.
I believe Trips’ version of the story LONG before I believe a single word coming out of the lying gobs of Cullen, Levy, the THST, or their ilk.
I have said this before, I’m not impressed with the Spurs fitness and medical regime. N’Dombele passed a medical and was patently unfit and overweight and nobody bothered to check his dental health. We always seem to have half a team permanently injured. Klopp wasn’t impressed with a similar set up at Liverpool and wasn’t long making big changes. Hopefully Mourinho has already started to change this.
If we had important games and it couldn’t be done then I’m sure it’s hardly the last time it’s happened. Why didn’t he elect to have surgery in the summer when he moved to Atletico? Because he wanted to go and get a place in the team? Not mess up his move?
What suits players doesn’t always suit their clubs and vice versa. The more we hear from Trippier, the more it sounds like he’s shifting blame for both his atrocious post World Cup form and even things that are happening since he’s left the club back onto Spurs.
He’s entitled to his opinion and we don’t know the full story but if we had important matches to play and it was put off then that’s professional sport. In loads of individual sports participants play on to keep picking up points because they have no choice. Top flight footballers are mollycoddled enough, if it wasn’t career threatening which it wasn’t then so what? So it’s disrupted him a bit now at another club… terrible shame innit.
The answer to defensive frailties at Tottenham is to buy midfielders
Daniel Levy – footballing genius