‘Can’t believe it’ – Jamie Carragher believes Tottenham are going down for one big reason

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Jamie Carragher has given an extremely gloomy assessment of Tottenham’s chances of staying up after the Lilywhites dropped into the relegation zone.

While this season has been a disastrous one for Spurs so far, there was some optimism in the lead-up to the Sunderland clash.

Tottenham had used the international break to make yet another managerial change, and reports indicated that Roberto De Zerbi had injected enthusiasm and positivity into the Spurs squad.

However, the Spurs players were unable to translate that to the pitch and fell to yet another defeat, and following Sunday’s result, the North Londoners are now the favourites to go down, as per Opta.

Jamie Carragher claims Tottenham have ‘no chance’ of even beating Wolves

Carragher believes that Spurs’ fate may have been sealed in the relegation battle after De Zerbi started his spell with a defeat.

The pundit is struggling to see where Tottenham’s next win is going to come from, confidently asserting that they have “no chance” of even beating bottom-of-the-table Wolves later this month.

Reacting to Spurs’ loss against Sunderland, Carragher told Sky Sports: “I can’t believe it. Tottenham look like they’re going to go down. The other [relegation threatened] teams have something going for them.”

“You look at fixtures, you think that’s a good game (Wolves away) for Tottenham. But they’re awful. Tottenham’s a good game for them. Wolves are bottom of the league. Do you think Tottenham will go there, and win? No chance.”

Gary Neville still expects Spurs to get out of trouble

Neville admitted that it is ‘unthinkable’ for Tottenham to be in the Championship, declaring that it would be the biggest relegation story in Premier League history.

While the former Man United man still expects the Lilywhites to stay up, he admitted that he has absolutely no confidence in that prediction.

The pundit said on the Gary Neville podcast: “It’s as interesting as the title race. The Spurs question – can they go down? Will they go down? Is this the biggest club that’s ever gone down in Premier League history?

“Aston Villa are a massive club, but Tottenham have been in Champions League finals in the last five, six, seven years, and won the Europa League last year, this would be a monstrous moment.

“Some say it would be good for the game because it would demonstrate competitiveness, that anybody can go down in the Premier League, just as when Leicester won it. It was the most phenomenal story that anybody can win the Premier League.

“I actually like what De Zerbi did today on paper, putting Kolo Muani, Solanke and Richarlison up front as a three-pronged attack. It didn’t have great balance but I thought that they would potentially cause more problems.

“They’ve lost at Sunderland and they’ve got big matches to come. The unthinkable could happen. I think they’ll just get out of it, but I’ve got no confidence to sit here and say Tottenham are safe right now. Everyone knows they’re in massive trouble and it’s the unthinkable.”

Position	Team	Played MP	Won W	Drawn D	Lost L	For GF	Against GA	Diff GD	Points Pts
16	Nottingham ForestNottingham Forest	32	8	9	15	32	44	-12	33
17	West HamWest Ham	32	8	8	16	40	57	-17	32
18	TottenhamTottenham	32	7	9	16	40	51	-11	30
19	BurnleyBurnley	32	4	8	20	33	63	-30	20
20	WolvesWolves	32	3	8	21	24	58	-34	17

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