- Oct 3, 2011
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Of course he’s gutted and he has every right to be. My only issue is that but for Spurs, he’d likely not even be a professional footballer at a decent level right now, and has we clung into him for longer then that could’ve been the death knell, so comments like that from the previous poster saying that this reflects badly on us and we should have done right by him just rankle with me, I don’t see what we’ve done particularly wrong.
he'd been with us from the age of 12. in his first season as an u18 he does well and establishes himself as a promising young player. year 2 he really pushed on and is now considered to be amongst the best in his group. year 3 starts and he injures himself in a car crash leaving him not only unable to play but also with complications in his day-to-day life. year 3 ends and spurs say we know you've had a really tough year nick, oh by the way, we're releasing you, bye.
just imagine how devastating that news would have been to him, getting back and playing for spurs would have been the main thing driving(no pun intended) him on to get through all the problems he was having to deal with. you don't think spurs could have at least been a little more compassionate and given him another season to help get him back on his feet and playing? i've moaned more than most about the mediocre players we've kept on in the academy seemingly out of good will yet for some reason this wasn't extended to tsaroulla - a player that actually did have and show a lot of ability and was going through a really tough time in his life.