{"id":3331,"date":"2026-03-12T20:33:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=3331"},"modified":"2026-03-12T20:33:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:33:27","slug":"wayne-rooney-makes-tottenham-relegation-prediction-ahead-of-liverpool-vs-spurs-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=3331","title":{"rendered":"Wayne Rooney makes Tottenham relegation prediction ahead of Liverpool vs Spurs | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Wayne-Rooney-2ae8.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27388748\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Wayne Rooney believes Tottenham will be relegated regardless of whether they sack Igor Tudor (Stick To Football)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wayne Rooney believes Tottenham will be relegated from the Premier League this season and has urged Robbie Keane not to take the job at Spurs.<\/p>\n<p>Igor Tudor suffered his fourth defeat in charge of Spurs this week as his side were beaten 5-2 by Atletico Madrid in the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs now turn their attention to the Premier League where they sit just a point above the relegation zone and play Liverpool at Anfield this Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Tudor\u2019s position as interim manager is already under scrutiny but Rooney believes Spurs will be relegated from the Premier League this season, regardless of whether they sack the Croatian.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The players need to look at themselves because I think they\u2019ve been an absolute disgrace,\u2019 Rooney said on Stick to Football.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The performances, the attitude, the lack of desire, the lack of fight and there\u2019s a lack of everything in them.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/SEI_288841883-9a92.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27367810\" alt=\"EDITORIAL USE ONLY No use with unauthorised audio, video, data, fixture lists, club\/league logos or \" live=\"\" services.=\"\" online=\"\" in-match=\"\" use=\"\" limited=\"\" to=\"\" images=\"\" no=\"\" video=\"\" emulation.=\"\" in=\"\" betting=\"\" games=\"\" or=\"\" single=\"\" club=\"\" publications.=\"\" mandatory=\"\" credit:=\"\" photo=\"\" by=\"\" javier=\"\" garcia=\"\" tottenham=\"\" hotspur=\"\" interim=\"\" manager=\"\" igor=\"\" tudor=\"\" atletico=\"\" madrid=\"\" v=\"\" uefa=\"\" champions=\"\" league=\"\" round=\"\" of=\"\" first=\"\" leg=\"\" football=\"\" riyadh=\"\" air=\"\" metropolitano=\"\" spain=\"\" mar=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Igor Tudor has lost all four games in charge of Tottenham (Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tYour football fix\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p><strong>Metro<\/strong>&#8216;s Head of Sport James Goldman delivers punchy analysis, transfer talk and his take on the week&#8217;s biggest stories direct to your inbox every week.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up here, it&#8217;s an open goal.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u2018Last week I didn\u2019t but after seeing what\u2019s happened in the last couple of games I think they will go down.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Gary Neville added: \u2018I don\u2019t think they will go down. I think if you\u2019re going to make another change that, for me, probably needs to be today or tomorrow because you don\u2019t wait.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018My view is they will make a change and stay up just. That\u2019s what I think will happen.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Rooney replied: \u2018I think they\u2019ll go down.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018That\u2019s what I\u2019m saying, if I\u2019m Robbie Keane I wouldn\u2019t leave a job to go into Tottenham now.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If it was Sherwood or whoever who is out of a job I\u2019d go in, but if I\u2019m Robbie Keane there\u2019s no way I\u2019d leave a job to go into Tottenham.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/SEI_286889954-8b50.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27390847\" alt=\"RAZGRAD, BULGARIA - FEBRUARY 26: Robbie Keane, Head Coach of Ferencvarosi TC, looks on prior to the UEFA Europa League 2025\/26 Knockout Play-off Second Leg match between Ferencvarosi TC and PFC Ludogorets 1945 at Ludogorets Arena on February 26, 2026 in Razgrad, Bulgaria. (Photo by David Balogh - UEFA\/UEFA via Getty Images)\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Robbie Keane, who currently manages Ferencvarosi, has been linked with a return to Spurs (Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Neville then said: \u2018I don\u2019t think that group of players will buy into the idea of bringing someone in who\u2019s not been a coach for a long time just because they used to play for the club. They\u2019ll just see right through that. It\u2019ll have to be someone who\u2019s been coaching recently.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Sean Dyche would take that job now, 100 per cent. To be in the game and have a chance to manage a top-six team, I know they\u2019re not at the moment, I know it\u2019s ridiculous saying that, but they are a massive club.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Tudor\u2019s tried to go in a bit harder, be a bit more regimented and disciplined. It\u2019s not working, they\u2019re 100 per cent rejecting him. They will need someone to go in who\u2019s got more of a man-management ability.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on <meta charset=\"utf-8\"\/><br \/>\n<strong>Facebook,\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Metro_Sport\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Instagram<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Man Utd\u2019s Premier League run-in \u2013 Wes Brown predicts where points will be dropped<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Bryan Mbeumo makes JJ Gabriel claim after 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