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Kyle Walker says he actually cried when one manager left Tottenham
Kyle Walker worked with his fair share of managers at Tottenham Hotspur.
From Harry Redknapp to Tim Sherwood to Mauricio Pochettino, Walker learnt under numerous coaches during his time at Spurs.
Of course, not all of those managers were successful, and one gaffer who didn’t have the most success at Spurs was Andre Villas-Boas.
The Portuguese gaffer lasted just over a year at Tottenham before he was sacked by Daniel Levy.
Tottenham fans didn’t necessarily mourn Villas-Boas’ departure after a poor run of form, but according to Kyle Walker, speaking on , the Tottenham squad were devastated when the former Chelsea boss departed.
Kyle Walker gutted when Villas-Boas left Tottenham
The right-back spoke about his former Spurs boss.
“He was so nice, and that killed him, he was too nice. When he left. I’ll never forget it, we were in the auditorium and we caught wind that he was going and Levy sacked him,” Walker said.
“He was still in the building and he came downstairs and he started crying in front of us. I had tears running down my eyes, Michael Dawson is welling, he couldn’t stop crying. We probably didn’t do him justice on the pitch, but for 10 or 12 men to be crying because the manager has gone, he did something well in the dressing room.”
Villas-Boas had to go
While Tottenham’s players were sad to see Villas-Boas leave, getting rid was the right decision.
Spurs weren’t in a great position at the time of Villas-Boas’ departure. They’d recently lost 6-0 to Manchester City, and his final game was a 5-0 loss to Liverpool.
By the sounds of it, Villas-Boas was a brilliant man manager at Tottenham, but results on the pitch left a lot to be desired, and by the time he departed, it was time for him to go.
Villas-Boas’ time at Spurs was forgettable in a lot of ways, but by the sounds of things, Spurs’ players will never forget him.