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‘Spurs not a team in crisis’
- Updated: November 27, 2016
Tottenham are not a team in crisis but do need to improve their transfer policy, according to the Sunday Supplement panel.
It has been a dismal week for Mauricio Pochettino’s side as they crashed out of the Champions League and also saw their unbeaten run in the Premier League come to an end as they fell to a 2-1 defeat at Chelsea on Saturday.
But despite a tough few days, The Times’ chief sports writer Matt Dickinson does not believe that they are at a crisis point and need to improve their options up front to help support Harry Kane, who has recently been out with an injury.
“I think there was an issue going back to the summer with transfers,” he said on Sunday Supplement. “It was clear to everyone that they needed help up front and Harry Kane was shouldering a heck of a lot, especially with the Champions League campaign.
“Vincent Janssen is not looking like the man to do that. If you look around European football and said he was the best standard you could come up with, it looks like they went for a relatively …
