John Wenham

Thu 27 October 2022 19:23, UK

Tottenham players are purposefully not passing to Emerson Royal as they believe he will waste the opportunity to attack.

That is according to Spurs expert John Wenham, who regularly breaks news about the club on his Lilywhite Rose social media channels.

Tottenham failed to win for the third game in a row after seeing a late winner disallowed against Sporting Lisbon on Wednesday (26 October).

Wenham was left fuming with the performance of Emerson Royal, who he claims is “Championship level”.

He also claims Kane is now refusing to pass to the wing-back.

“A lot of the things I haven’t had to talk about this season have now cropped up again in these last few games,” Wenham told Football Insider correspondent Ben Wild.

“The spotlight is now on those fullbacks. I said last year that they were Championship level. We moved one of them on in Reguilon who is now not featuring for Atletico Madrid.

“We brought in another one [Djed Spence]. Royal, not good enough. The were a number of times yesterday when he was basically left open in space by opponents.

“Kane would pick it up on the half turn and if we had somebody capable there, I can’t tell you the number of opportunities we would create.

“Kane looks up and doesn’t pass to him because he knows we are wasting an opportunity if he [Royal] is played in.

“Doherty had a purple patch last season and we all got overexcited. The guy who played for Wolves, we haven’t seen him.

“He is not at the appropriate level for a club that wants to finish in the top four as a bare minimum but also wants to go beyond that.

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