A Tottenham star was forced to limit comments on social media after receiving abuse following his showing against their last clash.
Ange refused to blame the 23-year-old but urged him to switch off his social media.
“As a football player in the Premier League and playing for Tottenham , I have the bad news it will not be the last mistake in his life, unfortunately,” he said . “That’s how life is. I thought he dealt extremely well with it, we dealt well with it. But when our idols in the past made these kinds of mistakes there was no social media, so I hope he’s smart enough to switch that off.
“Don’t read the Daily Mail or whatever where they go for people in these moments and make it personal. He dealt extremely well with it and that’s part of the game.”
The spur boss added: “We want to play football and keep the ball and play build-up. It is not a great situation but there are bigger mistakes in football and weren’t used, but Nottm star saw the opportunity and took it and that’s how it is.
“There is absolutely no blame or criticism, not at all, it just happens. He will learn from it and that’s the best thing that can happen.”
James Maddison believes the joke is now on him after admitting he had never heard of Micky van de Ven before the young Dutchman signed for Tottenham.
Van de Ven scored a rocket as Spurs beat Nottingham Forest 3-1 on Sunday in the Premier League and it marked another outstanding performance from the 22-year-old centre-back
The Netherlands international has become one of the best defenders in the league this season after he moved from Wolfsburg last summer in a deal that could be worth £43m
The Tottenham youngster arrived at the same window as England international Maddison from Leicester City and the midfielder admitted after Sunday’s win that he had not known Van de Ven before leaving Germany, but that joke now was directly aimed at him
“He is a special player, he is highly qualified and that is a credit to the recruitment team because I had never heard of him before recruiting him,” he said
“The joke is really my fault because I should have heard about a player of this caliber in Europe
An excellent player, an excellent coach, an excellent boy and a very nice guy
” However, about the Dutchman’s goal, he added: “Shooting does not must be his strong point if you see it at first
‘Train every day, but we’ll put the flyers in the top corner
‘ Ange Postecoglou told football
london that he really doesn’t know how much Van de Ven can continue to improve as his dedication to doing exactly this knows no bounds
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