It’s time for a new episode of Talking Tottenham with our Spurs reporters Alasdair Gold and Ryan Taylor as they discuss a big week at the club
07:00, 14 Apr 2026Updated 10:53, 14 Apr 2026
Roberto De Zerbi during the Premier League match between Sunderland and Tottenham Hotspur at the Stadium of Light
Roberto De Zerbi now knows what the Tottenham Hotspur experience is all about after a bruising first week in charge of the north London club.
The Italian only took the helm in N17 last week yet within days lost Mohammed Kudus, a player he had pinned his hopes on, for the remainder of the season after the Ghana star suffered a setback immediately on his return to training following a long-term quad injury.
Then De Zerbi lost his first game in the dugout as Spurs went down 1-0 at Sunderland with Nordi Mukiele’s deflected effort deciding the encounter. Things got even worse on Monday when a scan revealed that Tottenham captain Cristian Romero had injured the medial collateral ligament in his right knee during the game and will miss the remainder of the 18th-placed club’s relegation battle.
Romero had been shoved into the onrushing Tottenham goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky by Black Cats striker Brian Brobbey and the Argentinean’s knee collided with the Czech’s head. The skipper hobbled off the pitch in floods of tears and now De Zerbi will be without him for the final six games.
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It was a triple blow for the new man in the dugout and our Spurs reporters Alasdair Gold and Ryan Taylor discussed all of the above as well as De Zerbi’s approach and team selection for the game at the Stadium of Light, including the decision to leave out playmaker Xavi Simons.
Both of them felt it was a mistake to leave the club’s most creative player right now sitting on the bench and Tottenham duly struggled to find the net.
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