Underwhelming Tottenham man insists he isn’t leaving

Tottenham striker Vincent Janssen has vowed to come out fighting for the north London side after a disappointing debut campaign for the club. 

The Dutchman secured a £17m switch to Spurs from AZ Alkmaar last summer having topped the Eredivisie scoring charts with 27 goals. 

However, he has failed to replicate his fine goalscoring form following his move to the Premier League side, netting just twice in England's top tier this term. 

The 22-year-old insists he isn’t looking to leave Spurs at the end of the season, though, as he looks to knuckle down and build on and underwhelming debut season in England. 

“There have been a lot of rumours about me leaving but I have not been at the club for a year yet. When I joined I signed a long contract and I am happy here,” Janssen told SunSport. 

“Of course I am disappointed with my number of goals but I am not a quitter. I like the club — my team-mates, the staff, the fans, the training, everything — and we are doing well, so why would I leave?” 

On a lack of goals, the Netherlands international added: “I have not scored as many goals as I wanted to but I know I have improved as a player and I am a better player now than I was last season. 

“I like it here, I really enjoy it. I think it’s been a good season for me. I know people will see my number of goals and maybe joke at that. 

“But this is my first season in a new country at a new club and I have learnt so much. People think because I am from Holland and we all speak English there would not be any problems. 

“But everything in England is still new to me. I don’t see my family or friends. The club have been brilliant with me and done everything possible to try to help me settle in. 

“You learn always and I have learnt so much this season. I am always confident and I believe I will score more goals next season.” 

When pressed on his poor goal return, the youngster replied: “Good question. Sometimes I have been a bit unlucky and hit the post or bar or the keeper has pulled off a great save. 

“But I cannot put it all down to just this. Strikers in England get less time than in Holland and it took me a while to get used to that. 

“I know I have missed some chances but that’s part of being a striker and I know it’s part of being a striker that when you don’t score people talk about it. So I want to change that. 

“It’s not what I wanted, nor what I expected at the beginning of the year. But if you miss a chance you have to keep going. 

“It’s disappointing but I have to keep working hard and believing the next chance will come and I will score it. 

“It has been hard sometimes. When you come off the pitch and you have had some chances but not scored it is difficult. 

“It has been difficult for me to accept because it is new. It is something I have not been used to. It’s not so bad when you are on the pitch because you are too busy concentrating on the game and what is going on. 

“It is when you walk off and start to think about it and realise you can do no more about it, that it starts getting to you. I know some strikers get through this by talking to friends or their team-mates afterwards. 

“I don’t. My attitude is that tomorrow is a new day and you cannot affect what happened yesterday so there is no point dwelling on it. 

“I am always keen to learn from my mistakes and analyse my game with those at the club to try to improve. 

“But there is no point unloading everything on to someone else because they do not really understand and no amount of chats can overturn what happened in the previous match. 

“So I deal with it by thinking about something else until the next training session or match, to put it right.”

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