Post by longshot on Feb 16, 2009 8:21:52 GMT 7
Bent issues warning over Tottenham future
By Soccernet staff
Tottenham striker Darren Bent has warned he will look for a way out of White Hart Lane in the summer if he remains on the fringes of the first team under manager Harry Redknapp.
Despite a good pre-season, Bent has not impressed.
The former Charlton hitman has not impressed since his move to the club and has featured in just three starts in the club's last 16 outings.
Bent has found the net nine times during the current campaign, but was blasted by Redknapp after missing a chance against Portsmouth, with the boss raging: ''My misses could have scored that one.''
The striker, who was once considered an exciting prospect for the England national team insists his prowess in front of goal will only improve by getting more playing time on the pitch.
''I've spoken to the manager a couple of times about my position but I can only hear the same thing so many times,'' Bent told The Sun. ''I'm not one of those players who will just sit back and let his career pass him by.
''I'll bang on his door. At least I'm still involved. I'm not being left out of the squad or anything like that.
''But I'm only 25 and there is so much more to come from me as a player. I'm not the finished article and I will get better.
''I'd like to think that improvement will be with Tottenham. But if nothing is happening for me by the end of the season then I will look to go elsewhere.''
He added: ''I need to play more games. I want to play football. I don't want another season where I'm in and out of the team all the time.
''I've actually scored quite a lot of goals this season, considering I'm not playing regularly. So I'm going to have to weigh up my options in the summer.''
Bent also revealed Spurs' revolving door transfer policy has made for an unsettling time at the club.
Both Robbie Keane and Jermain Defoe left the club in the recent past only to return during last month's transfer window, and Bent admitted their returns, coupled with the arrival of a raft of new faces over the summer, had hindered his efforts to forge striking partnerships.
''The constant change has definitely made things more difficult,'' he said. ''I've played with Dimitar Berbatov, Robbie Keane, Jermain Defoe, Giovani Dos Santos, Fraizer Campbell and Roman Pavlyuchenko and not really had time to develop an understanding with any of them.
''Last year, we sold three of our strikers and now most of them are back at the club - which is strange.''
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Get off it benty! I think we should have sold your sorry a$$ off in january!
By Soccernet staff
Tottenham striker Darren Bent has warned he will look for a way out of White Hart Lane in the summer if he remains on the fringes of the first team under manager Harry Redknapp.
Despite a good pre-season, Bent has not impressed.
The former Charlton hitman has not impressed since his move to the club and has featured in just three starts in the club's last 16 outings.
Bent has found the net nine times during the current campaign, but was blasted by Redknapp after missing a chance against Portsmouth, with the boss raging: ''My misses could have scored that one.''
The striker, who was once considered an exciting prospect for the England national team insists his prowess in front of goal will only improve by getting more playing time on the pitch.
''I've spoken to the manager a couple of times about my position but I can only hear the same thing so many times,'' Bent told The Sun. ''I'm not one of those players who will just sit back and let his career pass him by.
''I'll bang on his door. At least I'm still involved. I'm not being left out of the squad or anything like that.
''But I'm only 25 and there is so much more to come from me as a player. I'm not the finished article and I will get better.
''I'd like to think that improvement will be with Tottenham. But if nothing is happening for me by the end of the season then I will look to go elsewhere.''
He added: ''I need to play more games. I want to play football. I don't want another season where I'm in and out of the team all the time.
''I've actually scored quite a lot of goals this season, considering I'm not playing regularly. So I'm going to have to weigh up my options in the summer.''
Bent also revealed Spurs' revolving door transfer policy has made for an unsettling time at the club.
Both Robbie Keane and Jermain Defoe left the club in the recent past only to return during last month's transfer window, and Bent admitted their returns, coupled with the arrival of a raft of new faces over the summer, had hindered his efforts to forge striking partnerships.
''The constant change has definitely made things more difficult,'' he said. ''I've played with Dimitar Berbatov, Robbie Keane, Jermain Defoe, Giovani Dos Santos, Fraizer Campbell and Roman Pavlyuchenko and not really had time to develop an understanding with any of them.
''Last year, we sold three of our strikers and now most of them are back at the club - which is strange.''
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Get off it benty! I think we should have sold your sorry a$$ off in january!
