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Having recently published a similar article about the best English Spurs eleven of the Premier League era, we thought we’d take the logical next step.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club have had some great players in the Premier League era and the majority of the ones who spring to mind first aren’t English. Gareth Bale aside, most of Spurs’ real non-English superstars of the last 22 years have come from overseas.
Given that Spurs have actually been very faithful to English players in the Premier League era – much more so than the other clubs who regularly hover around the top six of the Premier League – the fact that the majority of their better players aren’t from England really does highlight the shortage of top class English talent in the modern game and the damage that the huge influx of foreign imports are doing to the English national team.
Having recently published a similar article about the best English Spurs eleven of the Premier League era, we thought we’d take the logical next step.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club have had some great players in the Premier League era and the majority of the ones who spring to mind first aren’t English. Gareth Bale aside, most of Spurs’ real non-English superstars of the last 22 years have come from overseas.
Given that Spurs have actually been very faithful to English players in the Premier League era – much more so than the other clubs who regularly hover around the top six of the Premier League – the fact that the majority of their better players aren’t from England really does highlight the shortage of top class English talent in the modern game and the damage that the huge influx of foreign imports are doing to the English national team.
- 9/4/2014
- by Kev Stewart
- Obsessed with Film
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Tottenham Hotspur Football Club are a very high-profile team who have boasted many great players over the years – not least in the Premier League era from 1992 onwards.
As a result of the club’s high-profile and the fact that they play in the biggest and best league in world club football, their players often get recognised by their country’s national teams.
Spurs have had international players from loads of countries in the last 22 years – Erik Thorstvedt of Norway, Gheorghe Popescu of Romania, Jurgen Klinsmann of Germany, Hugo Lloris of France, Sandro of Brazil, Roberto Soldado of Spain, Gareth Bale of Wales, Alan Hutton of Scotland, Steven Pienaar of South Africa, Stephen Carr of the Republic of Ireland, Jan Vertonghen of Belgium, Luka Modric of Croatia, Rafael van der Vaart of the Netherlands and too many Englishmen to name, for example – and the vast majority of them earn caps at international level.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club are a very high-profile team who have boasted many great players over the years – not least in the Premier League era from 1992 onwards.
As a result of the club’s high-profile and the fact that they play in the biggest and best league in world club football, their players often get recognised by their country’s national teams.
Spurs have had international players from loads of countries in the last 22 years – Erik Thorstvedt of Norway, Gheorghe Popescu of Romania, Jurgen Klinsmann of Germany, Hugo Lloris of France, Sandro of Brazil, Roberto Soldado of Spain, Gareth Bale of Wales, Alan Hutton of Scotland, Steven Pienaar of South Africa, Stephen Carr of the Republic of Ireland, Jan Vertonghen of Belgium, Luka Modric of Croatia, Rafael van der Vaart of the Netherlands and too many Englishmen to name, for example – and the vast majority of them earn caps at international level.
- 9/2/2014
- by Kev Stewart
- Obsessed with Film
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