{"id":534055,"date":"2023-11-01T04:48:48","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T04:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/?p=534055"},"modified":"2023-11-01T08:12:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T08:12:11","slug":"maddison-and-saka-cited-in-huge-tottenham-claim-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/maddison-and-saka-cited-in-huge-tottenham-claim-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"Maddison and Saka cited in &#8216;huge&#8217; Tottenham claim &#8211; expert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Gabby Agbonlahor<\/strong> <strong>has insisted Tottenham playing just once a week gives them a &#8220;definite&#8221; advantage over their challengers for the Premier League title.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former Aston Villa striker, speaking exclusively to <strong>Football Insider<\/strong>, suggested their lack of games will allow the likes of Heung-min Son and James Maddison to play through injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tottenham lead the Premier League after 10 games, having won eight and drawn two so far in the 2023-24 campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The ever-exciting league we all love \u2764\ufe0f<br><br>Let us know how your club is doing \ud83d\udcac <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jPAGBHGP4V\">pic.twitter.com\/jPAGBHGP4V<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Premier League (@premierleague) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/premierleague\/status\/1718897041173340241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Spurs are out of the League Cup after their second-round loss at Fulham and are not in European competition following their eighth-place finish last season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lilywhites have played just 11 times this term, and are the only club in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/tables\">current top nine<\/a> not to be involved in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s side are next in action against Chelsea next Monday (6 November).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agbonlahor told <strong>Football Insider<\/strong>\u2019s Ewan Kingsbury: <em>\u201cFewer games is definitely an advantage.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cYou get more rest when playing once a week. Look at Son and Maddison, they\u2019ve had injury problems this season but they\u2019re still playing.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThey\u2019re playing Saturday but they probably don\u2019t have to train all week. They can get their treatment, and their recovery and come back into the side again in the following weekend.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cArsenal are having to play Saka and Martinelli twice a week, every week.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/10\/James-Maddison-Son-Heung-min-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"Tottenham\" class=\"wp-image-532731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/10\/James-Maddison-Son-Heung-min-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/10\/James-Maddison-Son-Heung-min-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/10\/James-Maddison-Son-Heung-min-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/10\/James-Maddison-Son-Heung-min-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/10\/James-Maddison-Son-Heung-min-2048x1366.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/10\/James-Maddison-Son-Heung-min-scaled.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/10\/James-Maddison-Son-Heung-min-1140x761.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/static\/uploads\/1\/2023\/10\/James-Maddison-Son-Heung-min-750x500.jpeg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cIt is huge for Tottenham, and can only be a good thing going forward for Spurs.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThe only negative is for the fringe players, who aren\u2019t getting the consistent minutes.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other news, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-tottenham-in-advanced-talks-to-agree-deal-with-aston-villas-rob-mackenzie\/\">Tottenham in advanced talks to agree deal with Aston Villa man.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gabby Agbonlahor has insisted Tottenham playing just once a week gives them a &#8220;definite&#8221; advantage over their challengers for the Premier League title. The former Aston Villa striker, speaking exclusively to Football Insider, suggested their lack of games will allow the likes of Heung-min Son and James Maddison to play through injuries. 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