Pedro Porro is supposed to be one of the best right backs in the Premier League, if not the world. He came to Tottenham Hotspur a few years ago from Sporting CP with a big reputation and the speculation that he would develop into the next big thing at the position, with clubs as mighty as Real Madrid and Manchester City scouting the Spanish international.
He ended up at Spurs and began his career at Tottenham promisingly, but as time has gone on and with Spurs struggling horribly lately in the 2025/26 season, the 26 year old is starting to become exposed as an overrated liability to many fans.
Porro, for example, screamed at Lucas Bergvall after a recent loss to Fulham in which he was one of the worst players on the pitch, wasting possession and spamming crosses aimlessly to the forwards. He was also poor defensively, giving up any sense of marking or positional discipline in a rather selfish desire to pick up tackles.
Pedro Porro is playing selfish
A player who has been performing more for his own stats than for the team, Porro was, once again, one of the worst players on the pitch in another embarrassing loss, as Spurs were annihilated 3-0 by a more disciplined and, gulp, exciting Sean Dyche coached Nottingham Forest this weekend.
As Tottenham mull over signing Porro to an extension, many Tottenham fans are starting to see a decision to extend him as akin to the already backfired decision to extend midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur earlier this season.
Porro can no longer hide behind the tag of being a young player at the age of 26. He is supposed to be entering his prime years and is supposed to be one of the veteran players of this Tottenham squad. Instead, he is as unreliable, inconsistent, self centered, and underperforming as anyone, especially in the important games.
An inaccurate passer, wasteful dribbler, woeful crosser, and below average defender, Porro has suddenly become one of the worst right backs in the Premier League. Skating by on reputation previously, Porro was above average, if not a bit overrated, and now he has become outright subpar, with Spurs failing to provide enough support to the attack or creation on that right side with Porro's awful final ball and untenable, black hole like inefficiency.
Tottenham are going to have to figure out a different solution at right back long term than what Porro is doing, and Tottenham fans are increasingly focusing on him as a liability and a disappointment. At this point, Spurs fans are not waiting for Porro to break out as a star. They have resigned themselves to the fact that he is a mirage who only looks good to the stat watchers.