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Arsenal legend Martin Keown has given a brutal analysis of Tottenham’s situation as he described them as being ten years behind their north London rivals.

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Spurs exited the Champions League last week and were widely criticised for under-performing in a competition they’ve worked so hard to try to reach in recent years.

Still, Keown has surprisingly moved to defend Arsenal’s rivals, insisting they’re in a similar situation to them when they had to move to a new stadium in 2006.

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Tottenham are also trying to change to a new ground, and Keown says that puts them ten years behind the Gunners in terms of their progress.




‘People will love this one – they’re ten years pretty well behind Arsenal,’ Keown said.

‘Arsenal had this new stadium situation ten years ago, and that stopped them buying the players that they needed to to be able to compete, because of the expense of the stadium.

‘I think Spurs are doing incredibly well to still compete. The only embarrassment is the way they went out of the Champions League.’

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