Roberto De Zerbi: Tottenham boss launches passionate rallying cry as he declares 'we're not relegated yet'

Tottenham boss Roberto De Zerbi launched a passionate rallying cry in the club's fight to avoid the drop, declaring "we're not relegated yet" and wants an end to "negative" voices around Spurs.

Despite earning their first Premier League win of 2026 last weekend at Wolves, Spurs remain two points from safety and their task to beat the drop has been made even more challenging following injuries to Xavi Simons and Dominic Solanke.

But ahead of Sunday's trip to Aston Villa, where Spurs could find themselves five points adrift of West Ham if they win at Brentford on Saturday, De Zerbi has no time for negativity.

"We have to die on the pitch and to die on the pitch we have to lose the game. Before losing the game, we have to play and we have to fight.

"We have two points less than West Ham and they have to play a difficult game as well.

"It is not the best moment for us; it is a tough and difficult moment.

"But the losers cry, the losers think negative. I don't want people close to me to be crying or think in a different way from me."

He added: "The most important challenge now is to silence the voice inside of us. Inside of the players, the staff and the fans.

"This voice produces negative thoughts and it says we are unlucky, we have too many injuries, we lost Xavi Simons, he was in the last two games one of our best and most important players.

"Our medical staff not good enough, the pitch of the stadium and the training ground is not good, it is impossible winning two or three games in a row because we have not won too many games in 2026.

"I think these are all negative things and it's rubbish because I want to keep my focus on ourselves and the quality of my players.

"We go to play against one of the best teams at the moment in the Premier League. I have big respect for [Unai] Emery as a coach but if Tottenham win at Villa Park it is not a miracle.

"Maybe we lose but we have the quality to win this game and it is not a miracle.

"We have to be positive and [feel] lucky because we are working in a big club.

"If Solanke and Simons are injured we can play with [Randal] Kolo Muani, [Mathys] Tel, Richarlison and they are not worse players. They are different with characteristics but very good players.

"We have Pedro Porro, [Destiny] Udogie, Micky van de Ven, [Rodrigo] Bentancur, [Joao] Palhinha, [Conor] Gallagher.

"For that all these things I don't have enough time to hear this or listen to these things."

"I was wondering if De Zerbi was going to say something to me because he was giving me one of those looks.

"I was about to ask, 'What a great win for Spurs, but it came at a huge cost with the injuries to Simons and Solanke and did they put a cloud over a much-needed win?' So I was leading to that question, but then De Zerbi said he watched me!