Jan Vertonghen

He has the Jan Nian.

And there's a picture of Jan Vertonghen looking down, it just says, "12 inches long," which is good.

That's good, yeah.

Um, Saddest Koi Server, uh, "When was the last time supporting Tottenham didn't feel like getting your cheeks clapped on a consistent basis?" When was the last time you was happy at Spurs, John?

Oh, I'll take that all day.

Jan Vertonghen is going into my team straight away.

That is, that is world-class.

Don't even have to think about that.

I wanna say it was 15/16 actually he played quite a bit, so.

Fers.

But yeah, Jan Vertonghen in the team.

That is huge.

So Arthur Thiat, a definite candidate also, and then we have two likely candidates in Conie de Winter and Brandon Michel.

and then a possible candidate in nathan and goy now all of those players were selected for the final squad so we will introduce them uh however the players none of the players below uh were selected the first uh is actually at the seemingly off the squad level wow phase and then we have that been Jan Vertonghen and I'll just give a quick word on those players but we won't introduce them.

Faves was a consistent starter till the end of 2025 but the manager didn't select him after the summer of 2025 because his club team was relegated from the Premier League to the Championship He did move to Monaco, but he only played 14 games for them, so didn't win a spot back on the national team.

Jan Vertonghen announced his retirement after the Euro 2024 competition there.

And we will look at him in the big names of the squad.

But let's go back and look at the players who were selected for the squad.

We'll have to look and see in the June games because he's so new to the squad.

Let's go to a summary of the players and driving towards our predictions here.

Around his head

Jan Vertonghen.

Tottenham's Superman.

That, um, I've, I've, I've said that on the pod before, and people had a go at me for being misogynistic, but it's just what was sung in the...

Um, Pastra Middreams, he says, "How are you spending your free team on the we- free time on the weekends that will usually be filled with existential dread and suffering?" What you been doing? What you doing this weekend, Rick?

[lip smacks] Well, normally what I do is, you know, the same as most weekends and just scrolling social media and then watching old...

Well, watching reels of old times at Tottenham where it used to be good, like watching Jan Vertonghen again-

There were so many players in that period that were unbelievable.

Ericsson, Vertonghen, Alderweireld, Dembele, like, you know, don't need to list them all.

We all know who they all are.

And I think there was just something about the balance of all of those players and I guess the solidity of so many of those players, the level that so many of them were at really that I think I want to say that we took for granted at the time, but I don't think we did.

We had an issue with Ecoto, he was suspended or he was injured.

We had to play Jan at central defender because Jan was our left back in emergency cases, Vertonghen.

And I think Gareth sensed that he was going to play left back.

So basically, I think in the week leading to this game, he came to my office, he knocked on my door, he came in.

it was.

That assist was like Vertonghen's assist to Son for his Puskas goal.

Yeah, against Burnley.

Absolutely.

I think a lot of it's, like, League One, England Championship.

But they gave Germany a good game, and they had guys like Vertonghen on the pitch, like-

Yeah

... which are basically a Premier League team.