Tottenham Hotspur defender Emerson Royal has been heavily criticised since his move to the London club.
The 23-year-old Brazilian has never quite managed to adapt to the Premier League, and his lack of end product going forward has been a real cause for concern.
Spurs manager Antonio Conte is renowned for his wingback systems where the attacking output of the full-backs is quite crucial. However, Emerson Royal has struggled with his passing and crosses since joining the club for £26m in 2021.
The Brazilian put on another mediocre showing against Liverpool at the weekend as Tottenham crashed to a defeat at home.
The player was understandably criticised on social media after the game and several pundits questioned his ability to play for a top club like Tottenham as well.
Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has now joined in on the act and revealed that the Tottenham fans have had enough of the 23-year-old Brazilian and implied that the player’s future could lie away from the club now.
He also added that Emerson is severely lacking in confidence right now.
Ferdinand said: “You looked to the right-back, Royal. His confidence has been zapped. Fans are on him.”
The right-back slot has been a major problem for Conte this season. Both Emerson Royal and Matt Doherty have been underwhelming, and summer signing Djed Spence has failed to earn the trust of the Italian manager.
It will be interesting to see if Tottenham decides to dip in the January transfer window in order to sign a quality fullback midway through the season.
But an exceedingly wealthy “Grade A chump”, alas!
I am struggling to find anyone sticking up for Emerson not even our chief Hapy Clapper from Eastern Europe so it begs the question “why is the Italian picking him week in and week out when the whole world knows he is not fit for purpose?”.
Give Djedi a chance ffs (yes we know he was a Club signing) but you are looking an idiot for sticking with Emerson.
Ecellent post BT only thing missing is the trophy haul under the tenure of FSG compared to Enic.
Horny Helen has laid on more Balls the Emerson ever could. Plus his passing of the ball and is his crossing is bloody criminal. Not top 4 or Title challenging quality and neither is Dier (maybe top 4), Lenglet, Davies (maybe top 4), Sanchez, Sess, Docherty, We really need 2 CB the quality of Romero, 2 better wings backs if Conte insists thats the way forward, a Midfield Wizard and a top quality striker. Get all that sorted and Antonio will get us the prem and CL.
Tbf Rio I’m more fed up with Obi WhenLevyWhen Kenobi being dead at the controls ..
FSG bought LFC for £300 mil 10 years ago..on top of everyday running costs and acquisitions they spent an additional 70 mil expanding the ground to 53,000..the proposed Anfield Road expansion will increase capacity to 61,000..that is rumoured to cost £ 80 million.
A £150 million total spend to achieve a 61,000 capacity ..has a nice ring to it doesn’t it .
Liverpool are currently valued at £ 4 billion plus change ..
How many boxing bouts NFL games and Pop concerts will it take to recoup the costs of Daniel Levy’s Blunderland..the man is a Grade A chump..