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Kieran Trippier has insulted Tottenham Hotspur with his latest quotes.
The England international left Spurs earlier this summer to join Atletico Madrid in a deal worth around £20m.
The move came about after Trippier endured a difficult season at Spurs that was categorised by a number of errors, including a genuinely appalling own goal against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
And, following his transfer, he has opened up on his reasons for departing north London.
Having featured for the club in the pre-season International Champions Cup tournament, he said, per Sky Sports: “I think it was time for me to change and move on.
“I don’t necessarily mean that I needed to move on, but things happened behind the scenes at Tottenham, which I don’t really want to go into, but I needed to move on from that.”
Now, of course, nobody bar Trippier and his team-mates know what went on. It would be remiss to guess.
But to suggest that he simply had to get out of Spurs makes out that he was frightfully unhappy with the way he was treated at the club.
We should get things straight here.
Trippier was signed from Burnley for £3.5m. He was a back-up to Kyle Walker. When Walker left, he was promoted to the first-team and trusted by manager Mauricio Pochettino.
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Because of the faith placed in him, he was England’s starting right-back at the 2018 World Cup, scoring a world-class free-kick in the semi-final defeat to Croatia.
Even last season, when his form dipped and he became a liability at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, yet he stayed in the starting XI, earning himself a major move to an elite European club.
The last thing he should be doing at this stage is criticising the club.
They have helped him become the player he is today and helped shape him into Atletico Madrid’s big-money summer signing.
To turn around now and throw Spurs’ faith back in their face is an insult not just to the club but also to the fans who supported him throughout his tenure in the capital.
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