Tottenham fans call for the club to sell Emerson Royal after 'gifting Hearts a goal' following disastrous blunder in pre-season friendly

Fans have taken so social media to criticise Emerson Royal after he gifted Hearts a goal during Tottenham's pre-season friendly on Wednesday evening. 

Spurs beat Hearts 5-1 in the pre-season friendly but failed to keep a clean sheet after Emerson's mistake provided Lawrence Shankland with a golden opportunity.

The 25-year-old Brazilian defender received on the right-hand-side of the pitch before being closed down by his opposite number. 

Emerson cut back before trying to play the ball in-field. However, his pass was intercepted around the 18 yard box. 

As a result, the ball was played into Shankland - who turned and fired off a shot into the bottom left-hand-corner of the goal in the 45th minute. 

To make matters worse, Tottenham were only leading 1-0 at the point of the goal - meaning Emerson's mistakes allowed Shankland to level the scores.   

Fans were furious with Emerson's decision making and called for Tottenham to sell the 25-year-old defender during the summer transfer window.  

One social media user wrote: 'Hilarious the one goal we concede in our friendly is the fault of non other dog s**t Emerson Royal.'

Another X - formerly known as Twitter - user wrote: 'Never, Never NEVER let Emerson Royal play for the Spurs again! Sell Him Now!'.

A third added: 'Emerson Royal simply cannot have a 4th season at Tottenham Hotspur. He’s never been good enough and he never will be Get him gone.'

One fan wrote: 'What a second half performance against Hearts from the Younguns, Emerson Royal brain fart aside.'

While another Tottenham supporter said: 'How the f**k is Emerson Royal still wearing a Spurs shirt. Get rid of him asap!'. 

One Tottenham supporter joked: 'Emerson Royal you are 100 per cent an AI experiment surely'. 

Tottenham rejected an opening 10m euros (£8.4million) bid from AC Milan for Emerson, which fans feel was the wrong decision.

The Italian side approached Tottenham with a verbal and then written offer. However, their proposed deal was rejected as Spurs wanted double for the defender.

AC Milan are yet to return to the table with a higher bid. While Borussia Dortmund and clubs in Saudi Arabia are also said to be interested.