They brought together a whole team of former Tottenham players, who won trophies after leaving the London club.
Spurs won their last trophy in 2008, winning the English League Cup. And for almost twenty years, the team has failed to win. Former Spurs players have won around 100 trophies in the last 15 years. But it is important to note that around half of them are due to Luka Modric and Gareth Bale, who managed to join Real Madrid. Let’s look back at the 18 players who left Tottenham in the last 10 years and won trophies.
Kyle Walker
Walker was already considered one of the best defenders in the game. nuclear submarinewhen he played for Tottenham, but he moved to another level after moving to Manchester City. There he won every domestic competition in England, as well as the Champions League and the Super Cup. UEFA and the World Club Championship. He is now looking for a new club.
Paulinho
After failing to live up to expectations at Tottenham, Paulinho was sent to Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Evergrande in 2015. Many fans were surprised when Barcelona signed the midfielder for €40 million in 2017. The Brazilian, in his only season with the Catalan team, managed to win the championship and the Spanish Cup.
Benjamin Stambouli
Stambouli failed to impress in his first and only season for Tottenham and was sold to PSGand even with a profit. In Paris, he also lasted only a year, but managed to win the French championship, the Cup and the Coupe de la Ligue.
Christian Eriksen
After spending six and a half years without a trophy at Tottenham, Eriksen sought a new challenge away from the club and joined Inter Milan in January 2020. At Milan, he became Italian champion, then moved to Manchester Unitedwhere he won the League Cup and the FA Cup.
Georges-Kevin N’Koudou
He moved to Besiktas and was able to win the Turkish championship with them, and they beat Galatasaray in additional indicators. The teams had the same number of points, they fought in head-to-head matches with the same goal difference, and in the end Besiktas won thanks to the fact that the final goal difference was +45, while Galatasaray had +44. .
Fernando Llorente
The Spanish striker helped Spurs reach the Champions League final but left the club immediately afterwards. He moved to Naples, where he won the Italian Cup.
Jermain Defoe
The Englishman decided to leave Tottenham for Toronto in January 2014. He then played for Sunderland and Bournemouth before ending up at Rangers, where he won the Scottish league title.
Kieran Trippier
Trippier made over 100 appearances for Spurs during his four-year stay at the club, but in 2019 he decided to join Atletico Madrid. The defender played a major role in Atlético’s victorious 2020/21 La Liga campaign, beating Barcelona and Real Madrid to the title. Trippier is now hoping to win a trophy with Newcastle, after finding himself in a strange situation this season.
Juan Voyt
The Argentine defender never settled in north London, making just 32 appearances in three seasons at the club. He found his new home in Villarreal, where he was able to win the Europa League by beating Manchester United on penalties in the final.
Etienne Capou
The French midfielder was also part of the Villarreal team that won the Europa League in the 2020/21 season. Capu made a total of 36 appearances for Spurs during his two years at the club.
Vincent Janssen
In north London, this striker only managed to score two goals in nuclear submarineafter which he moved to Mexico, where he managed to win the championship and the National Cup as part of Monterrey, as well as the Champions League. CONCACAF in 2021.
Carlos Vinicius
The Brazilian striker scored 10 goals for Spurs during his loan spell in 2020/21, but ultimately left the club without a trophy. He then won the Dutch Cup with PSVafter which he decided to return to nuclear submarine – at Fulham.
Erik Laméla
“It’s incredible. I can’t ask for more. It’s an incredible feeling and we’re going to enjoy it,” the Argentine told BT Sport after Sevilla beat Jose Mourinho’s Roma to win a record seventh Europa League title. He left Spurs for Sevilla in 2021 and played there until last summer – now defending the colors of Greek AEK.
Cameron Carter-Vickers
National team defender USA has been loaned out more often than he has appeared on the pitch for Tottenham. As a result, he moved to Celtic, where he won the domestic championship three times, and also won two Scottish Cups and three Scottish League Cups.
Joe Hart
The goalkeeper spent just one season at Tottenham, the most memorable moment of which was his social media post saying “job done” after they were eliminated from the Europa League by Dinamo Zagreb. Hart later said his social media manager was wrong. He joined Celtic in 2021 and won three league titles in a row alongside Carter-Vickers. Now he works on television and surprises with his tattoos.
Toby Alderweireld
The defender, whom Gennady Orlov feared, managed to become Belgian champion with Antwerp.
Lucas Moura
The Brazilian winger did not play his best football in his final season at Tottenham. He moved to Sao Paulo and just a few months after his move, he won the Brazilian Cup and then the country’s Super Cup.
How much do you think this list will grow before Tottenham can win their long-awaited trophy?
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