Ornstein: Spurs in “pole position” to sign Andy Robertson on a free this summer, if they avoid relegation
This both makes sense and also NO SENSE AT ALL.
Paris, France - April 8: Andy Robertson of Liverpool FC gestures during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Quarter-Final First Leg match between Paris Saint-Germain FC and Liverpool FC at Parc des Princes on April 8, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Harry Langer/DeFodi Images/DeFodi via Getty Images) | DeFodi Images via Getty Images You’ve probably figured out that Tottenham Hotspur is a stupidly run football club. The problem is that the club itself hasn’t figured that out yet.
David Ornstein is probably the most respected football rumor reporter in the English media, and he’s out with a quick report saying that, two months after trying to sign him for real money in January, Spurs are still interested in Liverpool fullback Andy Robertson when his contract expires this summer, IF Tottenham manage to escape relegation. I honestly can’t figure this club out. I suppose that, if Johan Lange was interested in Robertson in January, it tracks that they’d still be interested in Robertson (but for FREE) this summer.
But Robertson is 32, is firmly behind Milos Kerkez now at Liverpool, and is starting to show signs that he’s either very close to the cliff or has already taken a step or two over the edge. Also, the past two transfer windows have been pretty disastrous — which goes some way towards explaining the whole might-get-relegated thing — and it’s pretty damning that the major rumors are all reheated ones from either this past January or earlier. In short, Spurs haven’t adjusted their transfer targets seemingly at all, and there’s still the relegation anvil hanging over their heads.
In a short editorial down the page from Ornstein’s rather basic report, The Athletic reporter Elias Burke suggests that Robertson could be an addition to the “culture” at Spurs. Culture is all well and good, but the best way to fix club culture is to sign very good players, and I am no longer convinced Andy Robertson fits in that category. You can get all the “clubhouse guys” in a team that you want, but it doesn’t matter if they keep losing to Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest.