- Tottenham performed remaining Premier League match on Sunday
- Now headed on to Australia for pleasant vs Newcastle
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Ange Postecoglou and his Tottenham Hotspur stars have been filmed on Sunday as they flew out for his or her pleasant in Australia – and the membership’s followers blasted the membership after they noticed the footage.
Dejan Kulusevski scored twice to assist Tottenham safe a 3-0 win towards Sheffield United within the remaining spherical of the Premier League, guaranteeing they completed fifth and certified for the Europa League.
Followers had barely had time to have fun that growth when the sight of the celebrities boarding a aircraft received them riled up concerning the choice to deliver the crew Down Underneath for a meaningless pleasant towards Newcastle simply three days after the Premier League concluded.
‘Ridiculous schedule, having to fly out for a meaningless pleasant on the day the season ends,’ one fan fumed.
Tottenham coach Ange Postecoglou’s stars boarded a aircraft sure for Australia simply hours after their Premier League season ended
Some gamers, like James Maddison (pictured), appeared in vacation mode on the flight to Australia with one fan asking if he was ‘transferring there’ resulting from all the bags he introduced
‘Give these lads some break Ange is about to grill these lads in his dwelling nation,’ one other complained.
‘Cash making on the expense of the gamers’ well being,’ one other fan wrote.
‘Ridiculous that you simply’re placing the gamers by this. Nothing however greed,’ posted one other supporter.
The choice to deliver Spurs to Australia has additionally been labelled hypocritical after the membership complained about FA Cup replays earlier within the season due to the impacts the workload had on participant welfare.
Spurs’ quest for a ninth FA Cup resulted in a fourth spherical 1-0 defeat by the hands of Manchester Metropolis again in January.
It got here after Tottenham was one of many ‘massive six’ golf equipment that efficiently lobbied to have fifth-round FA Cup replays abolished from subsequent season onward to keep away from fatiguing their gamers.
Now there’s a push to have FA Cup replays faraway from the fourth spherical as properly, that means matches can be determined by further time and penalties fairly than replaying fixtures if there’s a draw on the finish of regulation time.
‘Too drained to play FA Cup replays however will fly to Australia a number of hours after the seasons completed,’ fired one Spurs fan.
‘Ah properly not less than you will not should play FA Cup replays subsequent season. You’ll have been so drained,’ one other posted sarcastically.
Even Postecoglou stated the pleasant is ‘not very best’ and that it was unlikely to occur once more sooner or later.
Newcastle’s Kieran Trippier (pictured) had beforehand questioned the scheduling of the pleasant scorching on the heels of an extended season
Postecoglou (pictured after Spurs’ win over Sheffield United) agreed that the timing of the pleasant isn’t very best and stated it was unlikely an analogous match can be scheduled once more
Newcastle’s Kieran Trippier had additionally beforehand criticised the fixture, additionally calling it ‘not very best,’ particularly with the European Championship approaching.
Nevertheless whereas Newcastle will play 50 video games this season, Tottenham will finish their marketing campaign with 41 matches after failing to qualify for Europe and being knocked out of each home cups early.
‘Our state of affairs is a bit totally different from Newcastle’s,’ Postecoglou stated when requested about Trippier’s feedback.
‘They’ve had a European season, Champions League, it has been a giant season. We’ve not. It is no secret a part of this publicity but additionally income for us.
‘I actually would not have allowed it to occur if we have been in Europe this 12 months and had a much bigger sport schedule. I most likely would have stated no to it.
‘And I do not assume the membership would have anticipated us to go. If we’re in Europe subsequent 12 months, I do not assume you may be seeing this occur.
‘I do not assume it is very best. However I believe every state of affairs is exclusive. For us, on the again of our season, to play yet another sport two days after the tip of the season, there may be substance to it for us.
‘We had a dialogue with the enjoying group actually early on about it. They understood why we’re doing it and all of us made a dedication to go and that is going to occur.’
