De Zerbi: Losers Cry and Think Negatively, Beating Aston Villa Won't Be a Miracle

Tottenham manager Roberto De Zerbi delivered a passionate press conference, urging everyone at the club to silence the negative inner voice suggesting they are already doomed. The Italian believes that despite numerous injury woes, his squad possesses enough quality to defeat Aston Villa away on Sunday, thereby boosting the 'Spurs' chances of survival. Hopes are also pinned on West Ham failing to beat Brentford the day before.

"I want to be clear for once. The most important challenge now is to silence the voice within us. Within the players, the staff, the fans. This voice generates negative thoughts and says that we are unlucky, we have too many injuries, we lost Xavi Simons, who was one of our best and most important players in the last two matches, our medical staff isn't good enough, the pitch at the stadium and training ground aren't good, it's impossible to win two or three games in a row because we haven't won too many in 2026.

All these are negative things and they are nonsense, because I want to keep the focus on us, on the quality of my players. We are going to play against one of the best teams in the Premier League right now. I have great respect for Emery as a coach, but if Tottenham wins at Villa Park, it won't be a miracle.

Maybe we will lose, but we have the quality to win this match and it won't be a miracle. We need to be positive and feel happy because we work at a big club.

If Solanke and Simons are injured, we can play with Kolo Muani, Tel, and Richarlison, who are not inferior players. They have different characteristics, but they are very good players. We have Pedro Porro, Udogie, Van de Ven, Bentancur, Palhinha, Gallagher.

We are already crying and everyone is saying 'we're going down'. Not yet. Before we lose the match, we have to play and fight. We are two points behind West Ham and they also have a tough match to play. Losers cry and think negatively. I don't want the people close to me to cry or think differently from me," De Zerbi stated.

The Italian added that he still doesn't know if the season is over for Dominic Solanke, but he will certainly miss the match. Guglielmo Vicario is also out. Destiny Udogie, however, will be available, and it's still unclear whether James Maddison will be able to return this weekend.