TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR DREW WITH BODO/GLIMT, WOLVES AND BRIGHTON, BUT IT WAS ALSO THE TEAM’S PERFORMANCES THAT WILL HAVE BEEN A REAL WORRY. FOLLOWING THEIR TOUGH RUN OF RESULTS, GABRIEL AGBONLAHOR HAS HIGHLIGHTED ONE PLAYER WHO REALLY NEEDS TO START OFFERING MORE FOR THE LILYWHITES. TOTTENHAM PAID £52 MILLION FOR SIMONS IN THE SUMMER, BUT THE MIDFIELDER HAS STRUGGLED TO REALLY GET GOING SINCE MAKING THE SWITCH TO NORTH LONDON.
THE FORMER PREMIER LEAGUE STRIKER IS YET TO BE CONVINCED BY WHAT HE’S SEEN FROM THE DUTCH INTERNATIONAL PLAYING UNDER THOMAS FRANK.
AGBONLAHOR TOLD TALKSPORT: “YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU SEE A PLAYER AND YOU’RE LIKE, ‘OK, YEAH, I LIKE WHAT HE’S ABOUT’, BUT I WATCH SIMONS AND I’M A BIT LIKE, HE’S ALWAYS ON THE FLOOR, DOESN’T SEEM VERY QUICK, WHEN I WATCH HIM AS WELL. I JUST LOOK AT THE FEE THEY’VE PAID FOR HIM, WHICH COULD RISE TO £65 MILLION WITH ADD-ONS; HE NEEDS TO START AFFECTING GAMES SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
“WE CAN’T JUST NOT LOOK AT HIM, BUT SAY, ‘GYOKERES HASN’T SCORED ENOUGH OR SESKO HASN’T DONE THIS’, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HIM WITH THE SAME ENERGY.
“HE’S BEEN BROUGHT IN AS A MARQUEE SIGNING FOR WHAT SPURS PAY FOR THOSE SORTS OF PLAYERS.”
