Spurs 'void of leaders' as winless start leaves them bottom — SkimNews
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- Tottenham sit bottom of the Premier League after a winless start, accumulating 18 points — the fewest among ever-present Premier League sides in 2026
- Tim Sherwood said Spurs are "void of any leaders and characters" on the pitch, noting the team has gone nearly two years without winning after conceding the first goal across 47 games (D11 L36)
- Michael Bridge flagged Roberto De Zerbi's five-captain selection — Micky van de Ven, Pedro Porro, Ben Davies, James Maddison and Archie Gray — expressing concern that Gray "won't be in the team much"
- Sherwood said none of the 10 summer signings costing over £330m have impressed him, calling Spurs' recent transfer record "not fantastic" and naming Son Heung-min as the best signing "going way back"
- Omar Marmoush is yet to score in five Spurs appearances, managing two shots on target from 10 attempts, as the side has scored just two league goals all season
- Bridge said Spurs still "need a striker — an actual number nine" and questioned whether Antonin Kinsky is a long-term number one, while noting academy graduate Will Lankshear is "scoring every week" at Middlesbrough
- A sixth straight winless match would make De Zerbi just the second Spurs boss in Premier League history — after Juande Ramos, who was sacked — to fail to win any of the first six league games
Why it matters: Tottenham's £330m summer outlay has produced no standout performer and only two league goals, leaving them bottom of the Premier League despite Sherwood's assessment that only Son qualifies as a true success in years. Bridge said Spurs still need a striker and a goalkeeper despite that spending, meaning De Zerbi faces a must-not-lose at Manchester United on Saturday to avoid matching Juande Ramos's historically bad start.
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