Roy Keane has backed Jamie Carragher’s claim that Tottenham's current team has run its cycle.
Carragher made the claim on Monday Night Football insisting that Mauricio Pochettino's side has now passed its sell by date - and was in need of being freshened up.
Spurs have endured a poor start to the 2019/20 campaign which has seen them pick up only 12 points from their opening nine matches, with a number of high-profile stars expected to leave this summer.
But Keane also believes that despite the unrest, Spurs have enough quality at their disposal to turn their campaign around.
“It looks like it because there is a number of factors,” the former Manchester United captain told Sky Sports ahead of Tottenham’s clash with Liverpool.
“We can make excuses for clubs a lot, but I think these are key factors that seem to be affecting the players. Obviously the big issue is the three or four players whose contracts are running out and don’t seem to be at their best.
“Obviously they may have already made their minds up. Clearly Tottenham aren’t going to give the wages they are after. I think there is injury problems.
“Huge disappointment in the Champions League, players at the World Cup, these are important factors. Maybe speculation of the manager last year that he was going to leave. He’s been there five or six years now. Maybe players do get fed up of listening to a certain manager.
“Clearly a brilliant manager and I agree with Gary earlier that they have been outstanding the last three or four years. I don’t want to be too hard on them, and saying they are going back to the old Tottenham ways of there being a softness to them.
“I still think there is enough quality in their squad to turn their season around. It will take a big ask but I still think there is enough good quality players, when you have Kane up front, to get their season up and running.”
