{"id":465669,"date":"2026-05-25T04:06:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T04:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/465669\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T04:06:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T04:06:13","slug":"van-de-ven-embarrassed-at-tottenham-but-de-zerbi-feels-players-deserve-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/465669\/","title":{"rendered":"Van de Ven &#8217;embarrassed&#8217; at Tottenham but De Zerbi feels players &#8216;deserve everything&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Micky van de Ven and Roberto De Zerbi had contrasting opinions on Tottenham escaping relegation on the final day of the Premier League season.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham manager De Zerbi was parachuted in to save a woeful season. Predecessor Igor Tudor drew one and lost four of his five games, before the Italian boss replaced him and won three times and drew twice in his seven games at the back end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The fight against relegation went down to the final day, with Spurs beginning the day two points ahead of West Ham, who occupied the only remaining relegation place.<\/p>\n<p>The Hammers beat Leeds 3-0, but it didn\u2019t matter in the end, as Tottenham grabbed a 1-0 victory over Everton, through a Joao Palhinha goal \u2013 the midfielder has cropped up with some key moments this season.<\/p>\n<p>After Tottenham secured their place in next season\u2019s Premier League, captain Micky van de Ven and manager Roberto De Zerbi spoke.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/spurs-west-ham-crown-premier-league-best-relegated-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">West Ham dominate top of the Premier League\u2019s \u2018best\u2019 relegated teams list<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Van de Ven said: \u201cThis club has some unbelievable players. It was embarrassing to let it come to the final day but we did it and that is what is important.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be honest I was more emotional at the end of the final whistle, it has been a tough season for me personally as well. I played almost every game and I have suffered a lot, the emotions are really happy and we must not let it happen again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Van de Ven has been linked with a move away from the club, but whether or not that changes with avoiding relegation remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>De Zerbi hails best game at Tottenham<\/p>\n<p>Spurs boss De Zerbi said on <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SkySportsPL\/status\/2058607097831375040\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Sports<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019m lucky because I have a lot of big players. You can see the game today and you can understand the big pleasure.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/neville-slams-tottenham-everyone-knows-romero-plan-argentina-return\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Neville slams Tottenham as \u2018everyone knows\u2019 what Romero plan was after Argentina return<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey played a fantastic game with the ball, not just to fight, but to play with the ball. Maybe they played the best game in my time [here].<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they played the best game in my time, you can imagine the value of my players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIncredible game, but they deserve everything the football gave today. It\u2019s nice because if you give your best, maybe today, maybe tomorrow, after tomorrow, next month, the football gave you back everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/tottenham-apologise-fans-en-masse-escaping-disgrace\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham must apologise to fans \u2018en masse\u2019 after escaping \u2018disgrace\u2019 season \u2013 Neville<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Micky van de Ven and Roberto De Zerbi had contrasting opinions on Tottenham escaping relegation on the final&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-465669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}