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Tottenham’s top five players this season

By Gary Pearson

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 13: Sergio Reguilón of Tottenham Hotspur during the Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Tottenham Hotspur at Selhurst Park on December 13, 2020 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Sebastian Frej/MB Media/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 13: Sergio Reguilón of Tottenham Hotspur during the Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Tottenham Hotspur at Selhurst Park on December 13, 2020 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Sebastian Frej/MB Media/Getty Images) /
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Tottenham Hotspur’s Danish midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg gestures during the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and West Bromwich Albion at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, on February 7, 2021. (Photo by Julian Finney / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or ‘live’ services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo by JULIAN FINNEY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Tottenham Hotspur’s Danish midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg gestures during the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and West Bromwich Albion at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, on February 7, 2021. (Photo by Julian Finney / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or ‘live’ services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo by JULIAN FINNEY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) /

2. Pierre Højbjerg

Pierre Højbjerg is the kind of player you build championship-winning teams around. He’s captain material and, if Harry Kane leaves for pastures anew, should be considered as Spurs next official leader.

The dogged Dane never complains, even though he has every right to. Protecting mistake prone, erratic central defenders is a thankless and unenviable task. But Højbjerg does it without so much as a dismayed utterance. He’s a throwback to the days of Roy Keane and Patrick Viera, an out-and-out defensive midfielder whose rabid tenacity and physicality matches his acute understanding of the game.

Højbjerg is also, to everyone’s gratification, an incredibly handy footballer. Sure, he isn’t expected to score more than a few times a season, but he is poised, confident and reliable in possession. He sprays the ball around accurately with intent, never hesitating to play the direct pass.

Imagine how good Højbjerg would be a with a top central defensive partnership to support his plight. Eric Dier and Davinson Sanchez have left Højbjerg in the lurch on innumerable occasions, giving the perception that the Dane isn’t, at times, proficiently doing his job. Rest assured, he is.

Tottenham have allowed the joint-sixth fewest goals in the Premier League. That simply wouldn’t be possible without Højbjerg’s immense contribution. Dier, Sanchez and Hugo Lloris are all mistake machines, committing repeated howlers that make the dedicated Dane look bad. Don’t be fooled; he is one of, if not the best defensive central midfielder in the Premier League.

And he will eventually take Tottenham to a new and unmatched level.

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