Tony Bellew shares joke Tottenham spy image ahead of Everton showdown
Everton travel to Tottenham on the final day of the Premier League season with little jeopardy surrounding their own prospects.
With David Moyes and the Toffees appearing to throw away their European qualification hopes in the last month, Spurs’ relegation prospects are the main story.
Tottenham are two points ahead of West Ham, and would go down if they lose to Everton and Leeds are beaten at the London Stadium.
Moyes won’t care too much about that, with a positive end to the season desperately wanted.
Southampton are the biggest story in the country right now, though, after being kicked out of the Championship play-off final, with jokes using Finch Farm now appearing.
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Tottenham spygate joke in Premier League
Leeds are a previous example of Spygate, but that was also in the Championship, so it is certainly unheard of in the Premier League.
With Tottenham fighting for their lives, Tony Bellew has taken to Instagram to joke about their mascot being spotted at Finch Farm.
The mascot is edited similarly to the Southampton staff member who was spotted hiding behind a tree at Middlesbrough, filming a training session on their phone.
While hilarious from Bellew, it would be an even bigger story than the Saints drama if something like this did ever happen in the Premier League.
Where did it all go wrong for Everton?
Everton were cruising and looked well on their way towards European football after nearly a decade away, but then it all fell apart at the Hill Dickinson.
Defeats against Sunderland and West Ham recently summed it up, with both shocking results and performances, despite the resilient draw with Man City being the opposite.
Jack Grealish’s injury didn’t help matters at the start of the year, but that is no excuse for Moyes, who has simply overseen a dreadful patch.
With further backing in the summer to improve the dreadful depth on offer, Moyes must kick on again and prove that this was just a blip.
It will be a huge summer of transfer action for the Toffees, who must end the season with a win at Tottenham to kickstart that transition.
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