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Micky van de Ven has hit back at suggestions that he and his Tottenham teammates do not care about the club’s plight and will dig out escape routes in the summer.
The defender has endured a terrible couple of weeks, taking in his gamechanging red card in the defeat by Crystal Palace and the performance against Atlético Madrid when he fell over to give up a goal and was fortunate not to be sent off again.
Van de Ven’s lunge at David Hancko as his team trailed 4-1 was the act of a frustrated player – he escaped punishment – and, more broadly, his halo has slipped in the eyes of some supporters. He was one of the heroes of last season’s Europa League final victory over Manchester United, his acrobatic goalline clearance arguably the defining image of the game.
