It has been a season full of ups and downs already for Tottenham Hotspur and the north London side are not even into November.
Ange Postecoglou‘s side are going well in the Premier League but it could have been so much better for Tottenham.
Some sloppy results like the defeats away to Newcastle United and Brighton & Hove Albion will be seen as missed opportunities to put themselves right amongst the mix at the top.
Instead, Spurs are sat in seventh spot of the table and four points off the top four following Aston Villa’s win on the weekend.
There have been some standout performers with the likes of Heung-min Son receiving a lot of praise after the win over West Ham United.
But there are also a number of players who are underperforming with one potentially already failing to impress ahead of the January transfer market.
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One player who has seriously impressed this season is Brennan Johnson with Ryan Mason helping him behind the scenes at Tottenham.
However, the same cannot be said about Timo Werner with the RB Leipzig loanee failing to meet the high standards set by the likes of Son and Johnson.
Former Spurs manager Harry Redknapp has admitted he’s been left really underwhelmed by Werner in a Tottenham shirt.
According to German outlet Kicker, Tottenham would not stand in the way of Werner if another opportunity was to arise in the January window for him.
After joining back in January on a short-term loan deal until the end of the last season, Spurs signed Werner again on an extended loan.
But the Lilywhites simply are not seeing a return from the German who has only been able to provide one assist in his nine appearances.
Across his 23 appearances for Spurs – since January – Werner has scored just twice and has failed to find the back of the net since March.
Timo Werner is blocking Mikey Moore’s development
At the age of 28, Tottenham know what they are going to get from Werner and it simply has not been good enough.
Gary Neville has already criticised Werner’s finishing with the German wasting chances constantly for Tottenham.
And with the £165k-per-week winger playing nine times this season, he is blocking the path for 17-year-old Mikey Moore to make an impact.
In comparison, Redknapp thinks Moore is an extremely exciting young prospect for Tottenham and has urged Postecoglou to start him more often.
Moore has only been allotted 21 minutes of Premier League action but the Europa League has been more kind to him with 95 minutes and a start against Ferencvaros.
With Werner not contributing, perhaps it is time for Spurs to move on and provide those minutes to their homegrown talent.