Based on Paul Merson, Tottenham Hotspur defender Emerson Royal is just not ok for Antonio Conte’s staff.
Spurs paid £25.7 million to signal the Brazilian defender from Barcelona final yr, however he has didn’t stay as much as the expectations and has been a disappointment.
The 23-year-old Brazilian has been on the receiving finish of a barrage of criticism over the previous yr and after final weekend’s sending-off for the nasty sort out on Gabriel Martinelli, the reproval has solely elevated.
In his column for Sportskeeda, Paul Merson blamed Emerson Royal for Tottenham’s heavy defeat to arch-rivals Arsenal within the North London derby and referred to as for Conte to contemplate changing the fitting wing-back. He wrote:
“I don’t know what Emerson Royal was doing, he’s not ok and his facet had been embarrassed by their native rivals owing to his purple card.
“Emerson Royal is just not ok and tends to battle badly when he’s off it. I like Ivan Perisic, however he isn’t getting any youthful, so Conte has a factor or two to consider.”
Conte’s system is closely reliant on wing-backs, and whereas Spurs has sufficient high quality on the left facet in Perisic and Sessegnon, the Italian supervisor may have to strengthen the fitting wing-back place in January.
