Kyle Walker says he truly cried when one supervisor left Tottenham

In fact, not all of these managers had been profitable, and one gaffer who didn’t have essentially the most success at Spurs was Andre Villas-Boas.

The Portuguese gaffer lasted simply over a yr at Tottenham earlier than he was sacked by Daniel Levy.

Tottenham followers didn’t essentially mourn Villas-Boas’ departure after a poor run of type, however in response to Kyle Walker, talking on his podcast, the Tottenham squad had been devastated when the previous Chelsea boss departed.

Kyle Walker gutted when Villas-Boas left Tottenham

The fitting-back spoke about his former Spurs boss.

“He was so good, and that killed him, he was too good. When he left. I’ll always remember it, we had been within the auditorium and we caught wind that he was going and Levy sacked him,” Walker mentioned.

“He was nonetheless within the constructing and he got here downstairs and he began crying in entrance of us. I had tears working down my eyes, Michael Dawson is welling, he couldn’t cease crying. We in all probability didn’t do him justice on the pitch, however for 10 or 12 males to be crying as a result of the supervisor has gone, he did one thing properly within the dressing room.”

Villas-Boas needed to go

Whereas Tottenham’s gamers had been unhappy to see Villas-Boas go away, getting rid was the correct determination.

Spurs weren’t in a fantastic place on the time of Villas-Boas’ departure. They’d lately misplaced 6-0 to Manchester Metropolis, and his ultimate recreation was a 5-0 loss to Liverpool.

By the sounds of it, Villas-Boas was a superb man supervisor at Tottenham, however outcomes on the pitch left lots to be desired, and by the point he departed, it was time for him to go.

Villas-Boas’ time at Spurs was forgettable in a variety of methods, however by the sounds of issues, Spurs’ gamers will always remember him.

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