Kieran Trippier opens up on his acrimonious exit from Tottenham

[mawspurs]

Kieran Trippier has revealed that Tottenham owner Daniel Levy 'annoyed' him by offering him to other clubs a few months before his Spurs exit - and hit out at the club for selling Mousa Dembele in 2019.

Source: Daily Mail

 

[dontcallme]

I don't want to click the link as it's Daily Mail, maybe his words have been twisted. But Dembele publicly said he couldn't physically handle the Prem anymore. So any ideas about us being wrong to sell him are misplaced.

 

[tcyrus]

Dembele,
i miss that guy

 

[14/04/91]

I don't want to click the link as it's Daily Mail, maybe his words have been twisted. But Dembele publicly said he couldn't physically handle the Prem anymore. So any ideas about us being wrong to sell him are misplaced.

And I think the club let him go in Jan so he could secure the China pay-day.
Trippier's comments make it sound like Levy sold him Jan rather than lose him for free in summer and that didn't seem to be the case.
Yes it was a shame to lose him, especially as we were well short in midfield for 6 months, but it suited us and certainly him.

 

[UncleBuck]

I think quite a few of us said at the time that it was a massive mistake to let him go mid season like that, he’d have been back playing by Jan/Feb. Even if we only got another eight games out of him that season it would have made a difference as opposed to the £11m quid in the bank.

 

[dontcallme]

I think quite a few of us said at the time that it was a massive mistake to let him go mid season like that, he’d have been back playing by Jan/Feb. Even if we only got another eight games out of him that season it would have made a difference as opposed to the £11m quid in the bank.

But if a player publicly states he cannot handle the physicality anymore and wants to leave, do you not think we should let him go?

 

[PLTuck]

The quotes:

'As a footballer, you're trying to do your best and sometimes things don't go your way,' Trippier told The Athletic. 'It just wasn't happening, but I was still getting picked by Mauricio Pochettino.

'After the Champions League final (loss to Liverpool), it felt like the right time to move on. The media weren't really on my side at the time and maybe I needed to get out of England for a bit just to clear my mind. I never looked back.

'What annoyed me… as you know, people in football speak and there are always rumours, but I know 100 per cent for a fact – and this is what I was most angry about – that two months before the end of the season, Daniel (Levy, the chairman) was offering me to other clubs.

I knew for certain that was happening, so I knew my time there must be up. I was playing for my team-mates and the supporters, but I also knew I wasn't wanted.'

'For me, the big one was selling Mousa Dembele that January,' he added. 'I think I can speak on behalf of the players who were there.

'In the dressing room, he was an unbelievable person and all the lads loved him, but on the pitch he was the kind of player who would make a couple of per cent difference. That's what wins you things.

'It baffled me that they would sell him. I know he was going to be a free (transfer) in the summer, but with the things we were challenging for, I would have kept him there and then let him go. He was the difference between winning a trophy or not.'

 

[dontcallme]

The quotes:

'As a footballer, you're trying to do your best and sometimes things don't go your way,' Trippier told The Athletic. 'It just wasn't happening, but I was still getting picked by Mauricio Pochettino.

'After the Champions League final (loss to Liverpool), it felt like the right time to move on. The media weren't really on my side at the time and maybe I needed to get out of England for a bit just to clear my mind. I never looked back.

'What annoyed me… as you know, people in football speak and there are always rumours, but I know 100 per cent for a fact – and this is what I was most angry about – that two months before the end of the season, Daniel (Levy, the chairman) was offering me to other clubs.

I knew for certain that was happening, so I knew my time there must be up. I was playing for my team-mates and the supporters, but I also knew I wasn't wanted.'

'For me, the big one was selling Mousa Dembele that January,' he added. 'I think I can speak on behalf of the players who were there.

'In the dressing room, he was an unbelievable person and all the lads loved him, but on the pitch he was the kind of player who would make a couple of per cent difference. That's what wins you things.

'It baffled me that they would sell him. I know he was going to be a free (transfer) in the summer, but with the things we were challenging for, I would have kept him there and then let him go. He was the difference between winning a trophy or not.'

Thanks for saving me the click. I still think that as Dembele wanted to leave, we were right to let him go.

 

[AllSeeingEye]

I'm still baffled by the Dembele Jan move. It really fucked me off then and still does now too. I'm even a little surprised over the Trippier sale. The rest I can deal with. But these players would probably walk straight back in to today's squad...

 

[ultimateloner]

The quotes:

'As a footballer, you're trying to do your best and sometimes things don't go your way,' Trippier told The Athletic. 'It just wasn't happening, but I was still getting picked by Mauricio Pochettino.

'After the Champions League final (loss to Liverpool), it felt like the right time to move on. The media weren't really on my side at the time and maybe I needed to get out of England for a bit just to clear my mind. I never looked back.

'What annoyed me… as you know, people in football speak and there are always rumours, but I know 100 per cent for a fact – and this is what I was most angry about – that two months before the end of the season, Daniel (Levy, the chairman) was offering me to other clubs.

I knew for certain that was happening, so I knew my time there must be up. I was playing for my team-mates and the supporters, but I also knew I wasn't wanted.'

'For me, the big one was selling Mousa Dembele that January,' he added. 'I think I can speak on behalf of the players who were there.

'In the dressing room, he was an unbelievable person and all the lads loved him, but on the pitch he was the kind of player who would make a couple of per cent difference. That's what wins you things.

'It baffled me that they would sell him. I know he was going to be a free (transfer) in the summer, but with the things we were challenging for, I would have kept him there and then let him go. He was the difference between winning a trophy or not.'

Thanks for doing this, so now we know his position. Fair enough.

For the Dembele sale, I don't think it adds to what we don't already know. The key is whether Dembele wanted that move. The likely answer is yes.

 

[Timberwolf]

Thanks for saving me the click. I still think that as Dembele wanted to leave, we were right to let him go.

Also Dembele's form had dropped off a cliff and his body was falling apart by then.

Trippier's quotes don't really tell the whole story.

 

[DJS]

Trippier does seem to be thick if he doesn’t understand the Dembele situation.

 

[Bluto Blutarsky]

Trippier does seem to be thick if he doesn’t understand the Dembele situation.

I think people forget that not only did Dembele want to go - he wanted to go to China - where a summer deal was not feasible with the Chinese football calendar. It was January, or nothing for him - in terms of his big payday.

Yes, it was hard to let him go - but I think Spurs did right by him in letting him go in January.

 

[PLTuck]

Am I reading it right? He thought it was time to move on but was pissed at Levy for offering him out for sale?

Perhaps Levy had caught wind of him thinking it was time to move on and pre-empted it, as is his right and duty for the club.

 

[Japhet]

I think we simply gave Dembele what he asked for as a reward for being such a great servant to the club. Can't find any fault in that.

 

[DJS]

I think people forget that not only did Dembele want to go - he wanted to go to China - where a summer deal was not feasible with the Chinese football calendar. It was January, or nothing for him - in terms of his big payday.

Yes, it was hard to let him go - but I think Spurs did right by him in letting him go in January.

Exactly, trippier just making himself look even stupider then we though he was here.

 

[mpickard2087]

This is a 100% rehashed story of an interview he's given before. And as said the first time around, he's either really dim about the Dembele situation, or wilfully selective with the facts.

 

[rossdapep]

Also Dembele's form had dropped off a cliff and his body was falling apart by then.

Trippier's quotes don't really tell the whole story.

Yeah, I remember the FA Cup semi and Pogba was bullying Dembele which hadn't happened before, he was definitely struggling.

 

[FloridaSpur]

Quite an honest point of view.

 

[Freddie]

We all loved Dembele but there wasn't uproar when he left and that says it all. He wasn't the same player, said himself he couldn't handle the physicality of the league anymore and wanted the payday. If I recall his form prior to the injury hadn't been great.

On a separate note if Trippier's bridges hadn't been completely burned with the club he would have been a great signing for us now as a RWB stop-gap as it doesn't seem like we have a long-term target in mind.