5 Tottenham Hotspur players who remain underrated by fans

#3 Christian Eriksen

Despite fewer plaudits, Christian Eriksen might be Tottenham's most important player

The fact that the England national team have been so desperate for a Jack Wilshere return, and that Barcelona were willing to part with a crazy £105m for Philippe Coutinho shows how valued creative central midfielders are in the modern day game, and yet Tottenham’s Christian Eriksen somehow remains largely under the radar in the position despite being one of the very best.

The Danish international tends to be overshadowed by Dele Alli when it comes to Spurs’s attacking midfielders, but in reality, it’s Eriksen who really makes Pochettino’s side tick. While he hasn’t made as many direct assists as Alli – 8 to the Englishman’s 9 – he completes far more passes – an average of 60 per game with a success rate of 82%. He’s the man who picks the locks of some of the Premier League’s toughest defences and allows the likes of Kane and Son to score so many goals.

In fact, his stats compare similarly to those of the afore-mentioned Coutinho – which begs the question of why more people don’t rate him among the best creative midfielders in the world. Sure, he’s highly rated by some analysts but if you asked fans which player Tottenham would miss the most, they probably wouldn’t name the Dane in the top five.

In reality, Eriksen may well be the one man that Tottenham simply couldn’t do without, and the fact that many people don’t see him in that light means he’s criminally underrated – which is a good thing for fans of Tottenham as it might mean he stays there for a longer period of time.