West Ham stars should use silly Tottenham transfer rumour as motivation to relegate Spurs - opinion
Tottenham are said to want to take advantage of a possible relegation if they stay up themselves.
Tottenham are being tipped to attempt to sign two West Ham players if they manage to stay up and the Hammers don’t. At playing and coaching staff level, Spurs can ill-afford to make any plans for the summer or next season, with relegation still a strong possibility.
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The North London club are just one point above the relegation zone at time of writing - on Saturday - and in rotten form. Interim boss Igor Tudor has lost every game so far, and another embarrassing display from his team at Liverpool this Sunday could mean he doesn’t make it until the end of the season.
It is a chaotic situation at Tottenham, and fans are not happy. But behind the scenes. it is the job of the recruitment staff, who have a lot to prove, to prepare for, and indeed get ahead of, every eventuality.
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Spurs must continue to plan for life in the Premier League, and there will likely be a list of possible signings drawn up, although any new manager would likely be given some sort of sign-off.
One possibility is that Spurs survive and London rivals West Ham - who are currently in the relegation zone - don’t. If the Hammers do go down, it’s likely clubs will tear their squad apart given some of the quality options they have.
According to Sports Boom, Tottenham would be interested in luring away the two best players in Jarrod Bowen and Crysencio Summerville. If West Ham stay up, signing both players would be a very expensive venture, but relegation for the Iron could change that.
But for now, such a double signing is nothing but a dream, with Tottenham first needing to worry about their own survival before planning to take advantage of the relegation of a rival.
West Ham should use such a report to their advantage
This sort of report is gold for West Ham. Forget whether it’s true or not, it’s the sort of thing that, when battling with another team for survival, you pop in the group chat for a little extra motivation.
On the assumption that it’s true, which might be a stretch, it reeks of arrogance from Spurs, who may think they are too good to get relegated and that West Ham are much more likely to go down.
That should get the Hammers’ tails up and offer extra motivation to stay up and relegate Spurs, especially for the two players who are being linked with a move, neither of which will like the look of joining this sloppy Spurs project.