Tottenham news: do the spurs have no leadership qualities?

Micky Van de Ven had five ugly minutes on Tuesday in Norway.

Tottenham’s equalizer had been excluded for a foul by him – a decision that made him discuss bitterly with the referee.

A few moments later he was absolutely crushed in one of Bodo/Glimt’s attacker players, gaining a yellow card and talking to him. He seemed in shape to burst.

I immediately thrown my eyes around the team to see who he could calm him down. Then I remembered that he was the captain and none of his teammates seemed at ease in an attempt to brake him.

As he discovered, Van de Ven did not lose it completely. He remained on the field and headed to the goal that another return aroused – but that night in Norway – something that the Spurs continue to do this season, not only from a disciplinary point of view, but also in other areas.

With the departure of his son Heung-Min and an injury to James Maddore, two of the leaders who are leader in a Spurs shirt are now absent. Cristian Romero is captain, but it would be generous to describe him as an equal presence on the field.

Van de Ven was the obvious choice of taking the arm of the arm on Tuesday, but Thomas Frank will also have to ask some of the other players of the team to take on a leading role.

The goalkeeper, Guglielmo Vicario, Joao Palhinha and perhaps Pedro Porro need to support some of that burden.

Or that or the Tottenham January plans will have to have “leadership quality” on top of the agenda.