Emerson Royal has told football.london that he is trying to improve every day amid criticism from Tottenham fans and that when things go wrong it is "not for lack of will and dedication".
The Brazilian, who turns 24 on Saturday, has faced a tough time in recent weeks, before and after the World Cup break. The Spurs fans have grown frustrated with his lack of attacking output, coupled with the lack of game time for summer signing Djed Spence, and that has bubbled over into matches and social media abuse.
Emerson has been booed by a small section of fans when coming on ahead of Spence on a couple of occasions, but the worst instance was a huge booming cheer from all sides of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in November when he was replaced by Matt Doherty after 57 minutes in the match against Leeds.
