Tottenham are finally prepare to get rid of dressing room cancer
Danny Rose enjoyed a brief spell as a world-class left back at Tottenham. More recently, he’s been a massive cancer inside the club’s dressing room.
Addition by subtraction can be a real thing for football clubs involved with the January transfer window. It’s just what Tottenham are hoping to achieve by shipping Danny Rose off to Newcastle.
The English left back enjoyed a brilliant season where he was arguably the top left back in the Premier League under former Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino. That season seems like forever ago to supporters of the North London club.
As of late, he’s been the subject of rumour after rumour of discontent inside the club’s dressing room. None of the rumours have been “confirmed,” but it’s safe to assume there’s significant fire when you’re able to see this much smoke. In particular, it seems likely that he did have some sort of bust up with current manager Jose Mourinho a few weeks ago. The current Tottenham boss disputed those reports publicly, but it seems likely that was just an effort to keep Rose’s transfer value high.
Now, the cranky fullback is poised to become Newcastle’s problem. The Magpies are ready to take Rose in on loan with some sort of obligation to buy him this summer. Details about that purchase clause are cloudy at the moment, but it’s highly unlikely Rose has any chance to earn his way back into Tottenham’s good graces.
On the pitch, losing Rose shouldn’t change much for Mourinho. He barely featured under the Portuguese manager. Mourinho strongly prefers the idea of playing Ben Davies as his left back. In the Welshman’s injury absence Mourinho has still preferred to play Japhet Tanganga out of position at left back over Rose. Ryan Sessegnon is also a candidate to get more minutes at left back moving forward.
The real upside for Tottenham is getting rid of Rose’s negative attitude in the dressing room. He became somewhat of a cult hero for fans after publicly slamming the club’s lack of transfer ambition. His comments about needing to google players linked with Spurs was terrific for social media warriors in search of fodder.
HIs candor could have been appreciated if it were an isolated, negative incident. Instead, it started a pattern of unending negativity coming from Rose at every juncture. At some point that starts to wear on everyone at a club. That point in time likely came sometime last season for Tottenham.
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It’s possible Rose can rediscover some sort of joy for football at Newcastle, but it’s pretty unlikely. No matter what, Tottenham players and coaches will be happy to see him exit the club. Selling him is the transfer equivalent of cutting a troubling tumor off of the body of Mourinho’s squad. It might take a little while for the wound to heal, but the cancer has been removed.