The reason Kim Jong-un has banned coverage of Spurs and two other Premier League clubs

If Tottenham fans were looking for a permanent escape from the misery of supporting. Their club, relocating to North Korea might not be the worst option.

Ange Postecoglou’s side have endure a terrible สมัคร ufabet กับเรา รับโบนัสทันที run of form which culminated in last weekend’s FA Cup fourth round defeat against Aston Villa.

Spurs had exite the Carabao Cup at the semi-final stage just three days earlier after. They were pillorie for capitulating against Liverpool, surrendering a one-goal. Advantage from the first leg and limping to a 4-0 defeat.

Hopes of a top four finish and a return to Europe’s top tier competition evaporate long before the turn of the year and with Spurs currently languishing in 14th place there is little left to play for on the domestic front.

The grim details of the club’s decline would be hard to track down for any fan locate in North Korea, with dictator Kim Jong-un having banne coverage of the north London club along with their Premier League counterparts Wolves and Brentford.

The despot’s regime insists no games involving teams with. Players from his hate neighbours are broadcast there.

South Korea currently boasts three players in the Premier League with Spurs skipper Son Heung-min the most high-profile of the trio.

Hwang Hee-chan, meanwhile, has with Wolves since signing from RB Leipzig three years ago and Kim Ji-soo has made two top flight appearances for Brentford this season.

Premier League football is shown in North Korea, but coverage is restricte to 60 minutes and, airs. Before early evening news bulletins but, bizarrely, four months after matches have playe.

The findings come in a report by the independent US think tank Stimson Center’s probe into North Korea.

State TV is a major vehicle for propaganda but sport is ‘one of the few moments each day when state TV is not trying to send an overt or underlying message to its viewers,’ analysis found.

The Center’s Martyn Williams said: ‘We thought it was interesting.

‘We just saw a lot of football on KCTV. It’s the main international sport they broadcast.’