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According to an interview carried out with Bal des Productions, via Sport Witness, Tottenham Hotspur right-back Serge Aurier has suggested he has no competition for that position, and while his comments may be contentious, he is absolutely right.
What did he say?
In quotes translated by Sport Witness, the Ivory Coast international said when asked whether he was scared of spending the season on the bench given the competition for places at Spurs:
“What competition? There isn’t any. I’d simply decided to leave [this summer], which was normal for me. Many things were taken into consideration. In the end, I wasn’t able to leave. It proves the club trust me on a lot of points, and we’ll see.”
He’s spot on
While it probably wasn’t the smartest thing to say in public – especially given centre-back Davinson Sanchez was preferred at full-back ahead of him in the north London derby against Arsenal prior to the international break – the 26-year-old is right.
Of course, while Sanchez may have played at right-back against the Gunners, it isn’t his natural position and it showed as he was criticised by his own supporters on Twitter for his display at the Emirates.
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Another natural centre-back who has featured there is Juan Foyth, while Kyle Walker-Peters doesn’t quite look up to the taskon a consistent basis either from an attacking point of view, as shown by his Football London rating against Newcastle, with the 22-year-old another who seemingly hasn’t convinced Spurs fans on social media.
In that respect Aurier should have something of a clear run at the position in the next few months, but his latest comments are unlikely to go down well with manager Mauricio Pochettino, who already clearly didn’t trust him to feature from the start against the club’s arch-rivals.
The Ivorian may have some grovelling to do then, but it’s hard to argue that he isn’t correct about that lack of competition.
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