Vincent Janssen 'struggled to cope' around Harry Kane and had to leave

[mawspurs]

Former Tottenham striker Vincent Janssen reckons he flopped at White Hart Lane because of the brilliance of Harry Kane.

Janssen, now aged 28 and playing for Belgian club Royal Antwerp, scored just six goals in 42 appearances for Spurs following his £17 million arrival from AZ Alkmaar in 2016.

Source: Daily Mirror

 

[Timberwolf]

Vinny never struck me as a "geezer" kind of guy, but I did very much enjoy imagining him saying that in a Dutch accent.

 

[Gassin's finest]

It's a problem many have faced.

 

[thecook]

Is he only 28 still? Damn

 

[C0YS]

Very thoughtful comments. He comes across well.

 

[newbie]

I thought he struggled around the goal

Seemed a good guy though

 

[Smokinhotspur]

It's a problem many have faced.

Yeah did for Soldado as well

 

[DiamondLites]

How is he only 28? Is he the new Obafemi Martins?

 

[glacierSpurs]

It's a problem many have faced.

Most of all our other strikers did and they are all such good guys that you just have to feel sorry for them when they literally just couldn't score here.. I really hope Richarlison can break that curse.

 

[TutanKlinsmann]

They've should learn from Sonny. Don't compete with Kane, rather complement him.

 

[Gassin's finest]

Yeah did for Soldado as well

He predated H I think, part of the Beatles after we sold Elvis. H surpassed him pretty quick though.

 

[Neon_Knight_]

How is he only 28? Is he the new Obafemi Martins?

He was a year younger than Kane when he signed for us and is still a year younger than him now...

 

[Neon_Knight_]

Yeah did for Soldado as well

Soldado struggled while Kane was off on one of his various loans in Football League. Kane then made his PL debut at the back-end of Soldado's final season with us.

Adebayour was our main striker when Soldado arrived, but was out of form, so Soldado was given ample opportunity to make the position his own.

 

[hughy]

Feels like an absolute age since he played for us, where in reality he played in the new stadium.

 

[Neon_Knight_]

A lot of fans seemed to neglect the fact that he was a young, developing player when we signed him....a few weeks after his 22nd birthday. Sure, he'd scored a lot of goals the season before, but that was in a second-rate league and he was still a developing player - not the finished article.

His development would have benefited from joining a smaller club in one of the top European leagues, to have more assurance of regular playing time, rather than joining as back-up to a world class player for a team that was looking to build on a 3rd place finish in the PL.

 

[Cinemattis]

On Sunday Janssen and Toby joined the evergrowing list of ex-Spurs players winning trophies for other clubs. They both started for Royal Antwerp in the Belgian Cup final. They won 2-0 against Mechelen and lifted the Corky Cup. Vinny scored the opening goal (P), and Toby picked up a yellow card but stayed on the pitch for the whole game. Must´ve been great to have lifted the cup for his boyhood club! <3

 

[ljinko888]

I think one of the big problems was his first season was the 2016/17 campaign in which the team scored goals for fun. Kane, Son, Dele, Eriksen all in double figures. Full backs flying forward. The midfield of Dembele and Wanyama absolutely rock solid and progressive in getting us up the pitch. Whenever Janssen came into that team the gap in belief was too wide. They were all confident and having fun on the pitch whereas he looked like a nervous wreck trying his best to fit in but just nowhere close to the same wavelength. It got to a point his scoring problems wasn't because he kept missing chances (say like Soldado or Timo Werner at Chelsea) but because he never got in the positions to get chances and instead had to watch others score which is hard for a striker to handle.

 

[DJS]

They've should learn from Sonny. Don't compete with Kane, rather complement him.

What like telling Kane he’s the best on a regular basis?

Or how pretty he is?

 

[Locotoro]

I am reminded of Van Der vaarts initial assessment of Harry kane.

Please do not give that man a scouting job