Former Tottenham Hotspur captain Graham Roberts has told Football FanCast that the players at the club will have rebelled against Jose Mourinho’s methods, leading to his sacking.
Spurs confirmed on Monday that they had sacked the ex-Chelsea boss after a dramatic slide down the table.
Towards the end of 2020, Spurs were top of the Premier League, but they are currently seventh, and have won just one of their last six games in all competitions.
Were Spurs right to sack Mourinho?
Absolutely, his time was up.
No, he should have stayed.
Mourinho appeared to fall out with a number of players, jettisoning both Harry Winks and Dele Alli from his team, and giving Gareth Bale precious few chances to prove his worth while on loan from Real Madrid.
And Roberts believes that the decisions that Mourinho made in terms of man-management will have alienated the squad.
Indeed, he has told FFC that the manager’s methods are outdated, even though he thought that Mourinho would bring success to north London when he was first appointed.
He said: “I think there was pressure. I think it’s come inside the club as well from players, leaving players out, so I’ve got to say, when he joined, I thought he was a good appointment, I thought we would win trophies but football’s gone forward now, you can’t aggravate players, because they’re all mates.
“If you upset one or two, the next one thinks, ‘well, you’re going to upset me’.”
