By Richard Parks
Danny Rose has been omitted from the official Tottenham calendar for next year – and fans on Twitter have interpreted it as a sign that he will leave the club.
The Lilywhite Rose Twitter account posted images of the official 2018 calendar and England international Rose was a notable omission from both the front cover and the individual month pages.
No Danny Rose on the official club calendar. pic.twitter.com/t53WBpOi1y
— Lilywhite Rose (@lilywhite_rose) October 12, 2017
The front cover showed skipper Hugo Lloris and four key first teamers in Harry Kane, Dele Alli, Christian Eriksen and Mousa Dembele.
The high-profile quinter also had their own monthly page, as did Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen, Eric Dier, Harry Winks, Kieran Tripper, Victor Wanyama and Son Heung-Min.
A number of senior Spurs players have been omitted, including Ben Davies, Erik Lamela and Moussa Sissoko, as well as summer signings Davinson Sanchez, Serge Aurier, Fernando Llorente and Juan Foyth.
But the most notable omission is left-back Rose, who upset the Spurs hierarchy when he criticised the club in a summer interview and insisted he would be open to offers from other teams because he wants bigger wages.
Some fans have claimed that the 27-year-old’s omission from the official club merchandise suggests he will not be at White Hart Lane by the end of 2018, although others have pointed out there are no left-backs in the calendar.
Here is a selection of their messages on Twitter:
Says an awful lot IMO
— Dominic Charles (@DomCharles_) October 12, 2017
No Davies either though, do without a left back. Or maybes it’s Son again ????????
— Gareth McCarter (@g2mcc) October 12, 2017
No Davies either ????
Must mean we’re going with KWP at left-back!— Neil Bartlett (@NeilB__) October 12, 2017
P.S. If Rose is off, we should get at least the same money as we did for Walker… then buy Sessegnon.
— Joshua Grainger (@JoshuaJGrainger) October 12, 2017
Not sure it’s that significant. They don’t have an up to date photo of him in the new kit.
— Yidvids (@YidVids) October 12, 2017
Do we only have 12 players now !!! ????????
— Jonny Smith (@Jonny_hotspur) October 12, 2017
Rose has not played for Spurs since breaking down with a knee injury in January that required surgery at the end of last season.
But he has returned to first-team training this week and was pictured yesterday being put through his paces at the club’s training headquarters.
In other Tottenham news, a prolific striker has revealed how he was left “broken” by the demands of Pochettino.
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