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Gary Neville does not believe that Tottenham Hotspur are title contenders this season.
Spurs are currently third in the Premier League, two points behind second-placed Manchester City.
Neville, though, does not think that Mauricio Pochettino’s side have the stomach for the fight against City and Liverpool.
What’s he said?
Writing in his Sky Sports column regarding the state of the title race, Neville assessed the challenges of the Reds and the Blues, but he has written off the challenge of Spurs.
He said: “I woke up this morning to people saying Tottenham are title contenders again and I don’t think they are. I think if City had played yesterday, Liverpool had played today and Tottenham were on Monday Night Football, I don’t think we would even be talking about Tottenham as title contenders because Liverpool and City would be many points in front.
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“I always think with Tottenham, they’ll keep getting close and then dropping back again – I don’t think they’ve quite got it. They’ve not got quite as good a team as City and Liverpool and there is no one who would like to see them win the league more than me this season… It would represent an incredible job done by Pochettino over the last three or four years [if they won the Premier League], it would be amazing because he almost deserves it in some ways, but I just feel like they’re not going to win it and they’re going to fall short.
“I’d expect them to beat Watford and Newcastle because they’re a good side, but they’re not going to have the squad depth or the quality to be able to compete with City and Liverpool. That is not a criticism and I know Tottenham fans have been disappointed in the last few weeks and I’ve dismissed them for the title because they are so close. I hope they win it, but I don’t think they will.”
Write them off at your peril
Spurs have more than enough in their squad to win the Premier League.
They will, of course, need a slip from either City or Liverpool but the impending returns of Harry Kane and Dele Alli mark them out as potential champions.
If they can hit top gear with Kane, Alli and Son Heung-Min in the team, there are few sides who would be able to stop them.
Writing Spurs off at this stage is foolish at best – without two of their best players they have won three Premier League games in a row in gritty fashion.
Wins over Fulham, Watford and Newcastle United were all recorded with late goals and are the mark of a very good title-challenging team.
Neville may well be proved wrong between now and the end of the season.