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Andy Robertson reveals what Tottenham need to escape relegation zone

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Smith, D. (2026, September 22). Andy Robertson reveals what Tottenham need to escape relegation zone. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/robertson-tottenham-relegation-escape-b1297948.html

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Andy Robertson, who recently joined Tottenham on a free transfer from Liverpool, discusses his new club's struggles this season despite significant spending during the summer transfer window. With only two points from their first five games, Tottenham is at the bottom of the table as they enter a three-week international break. Robertson highlights the need for the team to move past last season’s poor performance and emphasizes that while improvements are being made, luck and continued progress are crucial for escaping the relegation zone.
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Tottenham Hotspur, despite spending over £300 million in their biggest-ever summer transfer window, finds itself at the bottom of the English Premier League table with just two points from its first five games as of mid-October. Andy Robertson, who joined Tottenham on a free transfer this summer after nine years at Liverpool where he won every major trophy possible, spoke to the Stick to Football podcast on Disney+. Robertson believes that while Tottenham has made significant investments and started a new journey, the team is still grappling with the aftermath of last season's difficult performance. He emphasized the need for determination and moving past the weight of last season’s struggles to return Tottenham to its expected position in the league.

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Despite spending more than £300million in their biggest-ever summer of spending, Tottenham find themselves rooted to the bottom of the table with just two points from their first five games at the arrival of the three-week autumn international break.
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🔮 And maybe we're still guilty of carrying that weight of last season on our shoulders," he said in an interview with the Stick to Football podcast on Disney+.
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Despite spending more than £300million in their biggest-ever summer of spending, Tottenham find themselves rooted to the bottom of the table with just two points from their first five games at the arrival of the three-week autumn international break. asserted
themselves → spend → break
Robertson, 32, joined Spurs on a free transfer this summer following nine years at Liverpool where he won every trophy possible. asserted
he → join → trophy
“They're now starting this journey,” he said about his new club Tottenham. asserted
he → start → club
“They've had a couple of really tough seasons in terms of finishes in the league. asserted
They → have → league
They've had to go into the market in terms of they've spent a bit of money, but I do believe Tottenham are now starting a journey. asserted
Tottenham → have → journey
“Now, I don't know how far that journey can go, nobody does, but the determination in that group is, like, you can see last season hurt them a lot. asserted
season → know → them
And maybe we're still guilty of carrying that weight of last season on our shoulders," he said in an interview with the Stick to Football podcast on Disney+. asserted
he → carry → Disney+
And also that kind of falls on me, the new players, if we need to forget. asserted
we → fall → me
We need to now try and get Tottenham back to where we believe they belong. asserted
they → need → ?
And the fans are still carrying it as well, and you don't blame them. asserted
you → carry → them
Robertson continued: “You just see certain moments, like the Liverpool game, we played so well there in moments, and then you get a goal against you, and it's like [heads down]. asserted
it → continue → you
And then we go back to 2-1, and all of a sudden it's chests out, and everyone's wanting the ball, and it's like, we need that all the time even if you go 1-0 down, or it's 0-0 late on. asserted
it → go → that
“When we played Everton, we dominated pretty much the whole game, but we started getting panicked near the end, and we started rushing things.” asserted
we → play → things
Robertson went on to explain how he came to sign for Spurs and the involvement of De Zerbi in his transfer. asserted
he → go → transfer
Read More “I spoke directly to the manager. asserted
I → read → manager
We had a couple of video calls over the summer. asserted
We → have → summer
He's super ambitious, you can tell that as a manager. asserted
you → tell → manager
He wants to be able to win trophies. asserted
He → want → trophies
But he also knows that we need to start showing it sooner rather than later. asserted
we → know → it
“It is quite rare that you make ten new signings. asserted
you → make → signings
We've had a lot of changes this summer, but he wants all of us to be the ones that help drive us on, because he thinks that we don't have the baggage of finishing 17th in two seasons and he's right. asserted
he → have → seasons
So bit by bit, we're getting better and better.” asserted
we → get → bit
Discussing what he feels Tottenham need in order to turn their season around, Robertson said: “I think we just need a little bit of luck, and we need a little bit more of forgetting about the past and how we need to move forward. asserted
we → discuss → past
I do think as the season goes and goes and goes, we'll get better and better.” asserted
we → think → ?
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