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Tottenham Hotspur players will repay Newcastle fans who attended the thrashing.
Tottenham Hotspur have revealed that fans who travelled to Newcastle for Sunday’s 6-1 hammering will be reimbursed by the club’s first-team squad.
At St James’ Park, Spurs gave by far their worst performance of the year (which is saying a lot), and after just 21 minutes, they were already 5-0 down.
Cristian Stellini, the interim manager, first chose to use a back four formation but immediately realized his mistake and switched back to a back five when the damage had already been done.
Despite remaining fifth in the Premier League standings, Tottenham managed to score a second-half consolation goal through Harry Kane.
In a statement on Monday, Daniel Levy accepted responsibility for the team’s recent results and announced that Ryan Mason would take Stellini’s place in the dugout through the rest of the season.
The Tottenham team also issued a joint statement on Tuesday in which they expressed their regret and pledged to compensate the St James’ Park spectators.
“As a squad, we understand your frustration, your anger. Sunday wasn’t good enough. We know words aren’t enough in situations like this but believe us, a defeat like this hurts,” the squad said.
“We appreciate your support, home and away, and with this in mind we would like to reimburse fans with the cost of their match tickets from St James’ Park. We know this does not change what happened on Sunday and we will give everything to put things right, starting against Manchester United on Thursday evening when, again, your support will mean everything to us. Together – and only together – can we move things forward.”
The players have a message for our fans who went to Newcastle on Sunday… pic.twitter.com/HFfmo8R2iH
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) April 25, 2023