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Wayne Rooney makes Tottenham relegation prediction ahead of Liverpool vs Spurs

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Tudor’s position as interim manager is already under scrutiny but Rooney believes Spurs will be relegated from the Premier League this season, regardless of whether they sack the Croatian. ‘The players need to look at themselves because I think they’ve been an absolute disgrace,’ Rooney said on Stick to Football. ‘The performances, the attitude, the lack of desire, the lack of fight and there’s a lack of everything in them. Igor Tudor has lost all four games in charge of Tottenham (Shutterstock) Your football fix Metro's Head of Sport James Goldman delivers punchy analysis, transfer talk and his take on the week's biggest stories direct to your inbox every week.



Sign up here, it's an open goal. ‘Last week I didn’t but after seeing what’s happened in the last couple of games I think they will go down.’ Gary Neville added: ‘I don’t think they will go down. That’s what I think will happen.’ Rooney replied: ‘I think they’ll go down. ‘That’s what I’m saying, if I’m Robbie Keane I wouldn’t leave a job to go into Tottenham now. ‘If it was Sherwood or whoever who is out of a job I’d go in, but if I’m Robbie Keane there’s no way I’d leave a job to go into Tottenham.’ Robbie Keane, who currently manages Ferencvarosi, has been linked with a return to Spurs (Getty) Neville then said: ‘I don’t think that group of players will buy into the idea of bringing someone in who’s not been a coach for a long time just because they used to play for the club.

To be in the game and have a chance to manage a top-six team, I know they’re not at the moment, I know it’s ridiculous saying that, but they are a massive club. ‘Tudor’s tried to go in a bit harder, be a bit more regimented and disciplined. It’s not working, they’re 100 per cent rejecting him.