What a difference a change of manager can make for a player – especially in Danny Rose’s case.
Rose was once a firm Tottenham favourite during Mauricio Pochettino’s time in charge of the club, establishing himself as a key player for club and country, but finds himself frozen out under Jose Mourinho.
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And Andros Townsend, who played with Rose at Spurs, revealed on Wednesday’s talkSPORT Breakfast that his old pal had a ‘special’ bromance with Pochettino – which saw the pair go on ‘romantic walks’ together.
Quizzed on who has been the biggest teacher’s pet he’s played with in his career,Townsend responded: “Danny Rose and Pochettino – he was literally the son of Pochettino!
“I’m sure he won’t mind me saying that. They would go on romantic walks around the training ground. He was always in his office. They had a special bond.
“They were in the office a lot and there were a few occasions were they went on a walk around the training ground having a deep one-to-one conversation.”
Rose, Tottenham’s longest serving player, produced some of his best football under Pochettino during his five-year spell in north London, which came to an abrupt end in November 2019.
However, Rose has a completely different relationship with Pochettino’s successor, Mourinho.
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Just two months after arriving, Mourinho shipped the left-back out on loan to Newcastle, before excluding him from his Premier League and Europa League squads for the 2020/21 campaign.
Subsequently, Rose has not made a single senior appearance this season and has even turned out for Tottenham’s Under-23 team.
Mourinho and Rose also had a heated exchange the Tottenham Amazon Prime Video documentary, All or Nothing, when the latter complained about his lack of playing time.
The 30-year-old, who has won 29 senior England caps, looks almost certain to leave Spurs when his contract expires this summer.
Last October, Mourinho admitted Rose was not part of his plans and laid the blame at the door of the player’s agent for not finding him a new club.
“Danny is not part of our squad. Danny wanted very, very, very much to leave in the January window last season,” Mourinho said. “Why? Because he wanted to play and play and play.
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“He went to Newcastle and in that moment I had immediately the feeling that a player with his mentality, his desire of being always first choice, always because he didn’t hide that he was thinking of the national team and the Euros, I always thought that our future would be Ben Davies and, at that time Ryan Sessegnon.
“Then later we got the opportunity to get [Sergio] Reguilon and that was also good for Ryan because it gave him the possibility to leave and to play and to have this experience in Germany [on loan at Hoffenheim], also for a kid to grow up it was great for us.
“So in this moment we had Ben Davies, Ryan Sessegnon and Reguilon. It’s as simple as that. Danny didn’t become part of our plans.
“Then the market, the market, the players make the market, the agents make the player’s market. If he didn’t find any solution that he was happy to move, it’s something you have to ask him.”
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