In a welcome contrast to Jan Vertonghen’s griping about having to play left back, Roberto Soldado has adopted a somewhat more positive approach.
I have scored six goals but I would like to score many more. I am a realist and I know that, on the pitch, I am not happy with everything. I am not combining with my team-mates how I would like but I know I am very close.
I’m striving to get to top form and play at 100 per cent, I am convinced that I am almost there. I don’t want to stop scoring goals, that’s why Tottenham signed me. I’m not 100 per cent but the manager has put his faith in me and he is giving me minutes. Scoring more goals for this team is my target.
They might have been penalties, but I have scored decisive goals that have won matches. I want more and the manager wants more, and that is what I want to give to the fans.
It’s going to be different. Before, I used to spend Christmas with my family. Now I am going to spend it with my team-mates. But I think it’s nice because the fans are, in my opinion, the most important part of football, and they can enjoy so many matches.
It’s important that the children can come to matches. It’s nice for them to enjoy the environment.”
My beef with Verts is that no matter ho justified his bleating may be, somethings are beyond everybody’s control. Rightly of wrongly – A&E is a Queens Pak Ranger player. Rightly or wrongly, Danny Rose isn’t fit to play, rightly or wrongly, the transfer window isn’t open yet …and no amount of feet shuffling and nudging via the press is going to change any of those things.
Soldado could come out and blame the system, talk about lack of support, he could pick on any number of reasons why he isn’t scoring. He hasn’t.
Instead, his attitude is one where he takes pride in what he has achieved and demands more from himself. Just the sort of talk you’d expect to hear from a proper soldier.
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