Having read the 'article' I wouldn't take too much from the headline.
He wanted to prove to everyone, himself included, that he was still the same player as he was pre-injury.
Doesn't know when to shut up, does he?
bore off now please.....
Well, perhaps he shouldn't have sold crack to children.
As per usual, people read the headlines and not the comments, sigh...
"Cutting off the nose to spite the face"
He is better than Sanchez, he should have played more games. We could have progressed in CL further and also FA Cup had he played. Definitely the dumbest thing Poch has done since he has been at charge for Spurs.
He was fit. The team that he wasn't playing for was Spurs. So the 'whatever reason' that was 'unjustified' was that he wasn't selected. So it can certainly be interpreted as a dig at somebody (Poch) or the club generally, irrespective of his disclaimer that he was proving something to himself.Reading the article and not the headline often illuminates:
“I was very focused on this tournament,” Alderweireld told British media. “I wanted to prove something to me, show that the period before the tournament in which I, for whatever reason, did not play, it was unjustified.
“I wanted to show that I’m still Toby, same as in November.”
Nothing, not even a peep about being "excluded"or "snubbed". Nothing about Spurs at all.