{"id":671837,"date":"2026-07-03T15:05:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T15:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/671837\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T15:05:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T15:05:14","slug":"joao-palhinha-pens-heartfelt-farewell-post-to-tottenham-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/671837\/","title":{"rendered":"Joao Palhinha pens heartfelt farewell post to Tottenham fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">Dear COYS,<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">I am writing this message with heartfelt gratitude for all the kindness and support you have always shown me throughout my time at this special club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">Representing Tottenham has had a profound impact on my life, not only professionally but also personally, and it is something I will carry with me forever.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">I always tried to repay, in the best way I could, all the affection, respect and trust you showed me, both on and off the pitch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">As I have said before, what truly defines a great institution and a great football club is its supporters. Players, managers and directors come and go, but the fans remain. You are the ones who keep the flame of this club burning, season after season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">I could not leave without expressing my special thanks to my teammates, the club\u2019s directors, the fitness coaches, the entire medical staff, and especially my dear Alessandra Massimi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">London gave me more than a professional career, it gave me two homes that I will always carry in my heart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">With the utmost respect and gratitude, I say goodbye to all of you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">Thank you so much COYS \ud83e\udd0d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dear COYS, I am writing this message with heartfelt gratitude for all the kindness and support you have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,53930,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-671837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-tottenham-hotspur-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}