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da roleta： Kieran Trippier must be sold by Tottenham Hotspur this summer after yet another disastrous performance for the club, which surely left Mauricio Pochettino livid.
The England right-back, so impressive at the 2018 World Cup in the summer, was atrocious against Chelsea on Wednesday, with his performance capped off by a truly horrendous own goal.
On the chalkboard
There is only one place to start; Trippier’s own goal against the Blues consigned Spurs to a 2-0 defeat and came about in such a needless manner that it would almost be comical were it not so mind-numbingly stupid.
The right-back, under no pressure, was attempting to deal with a bouncing ball and called for his goalkeeper, Hugo Lloris, to come and collect it.
Having done that, he decided to pass the ball to the exact spot that the stopper had just vacated, meaning that it slowly rolled into his own net.
That is not to mention just how bad he was before the error; per WhoScored, he made just one tackle, the lowest of any member of the the north London outfit’s back four, and did not make a dribble, nor win an aerial duel.
Trippier touched the ball 109 times in total – the most of any player on the pitch – and did not even provide a chance for Spurs to have a shot on target.
It remains baffling that he is picked ahead of Serge Aurier, who is admittedly error-prone but is also a better professional footballer, and Kyle Walker-Peters, who has shown magnificent potential whenever he has been drafted into the team.
His time is up
Trippier needs to be binned off by Tottenham in the summer.
It is not hyperbole to suggest that the full-back situation at the club is in dire straits right now; across both sides, only Danny Rose has been able to put together any tangible form.
And that will be all the more galling to Pochettino given the situation he inherited, when he had Kyle Walker and Rose bombing up and down the flanks, not passing the ball into their own net whenever they felt like it.
One free-kick in the summer (his effort against Croatia in the World Cup semi-final was exquisite and a moment of national catharsis) does not an elite right-back make.
Trippier has been woeful for too long and his display against Chelsea was nothing short of a disgrace.
He should be sold in the summer; perhaps he should never play for the club again.