5 Tottenham Hotspur players who remain underrated by fans

#4 Kieran Trippier

Kieran Trippier has quickly made Tottenham fans move on from Kyle Walker

When Kyle Walker decided to up sticks and force a move to Manchester City last summer, Spurs fans would’ve been forgiven for panicking – after all, under Pochettino’s guidance, Walker had developed into one of the best right-backs in world football, and it was hard to see how Spurs would replace him fully. Pochettino didn’t seem all too bothered though, and for good reason.

Despite lacking the fleet-footedness and sheer power of Walker, it could be argued that Kieran Trippier offers Tottenham so much more. While Walker has assisted in more goals this season – 6 to Trippier’s 4 – he’s also played more games, and the key statistic in comparing the two is the rate of crosses that they complete – Trippier averages a rate of 1.1 per game, compared to Walker’s 0.1. And when you’ve got a predator in the box like Harry Kane to cross to, that becomes even more important.

The form of Trippier has meant that not only have Spurs not especially missed the most expensive full-back in the history of football, but it’s also meant that flashy new signing Serge Aurier has not really been able to fully establish himself as a staple of the first team, instead largely sharing duties with Trippier, with the Englishman being preferred in Tottenham’s biggest Premier League games.

Despite all of this though, it appears that Trippier is still largely in the shadow of Walker – particularly when it comes to the England national side – and he remains underrated by the majority of fans, who figured Aurier would’ve sewn up Tottenham’s right-back position by now. As it stands though, Trippier is still the top dog for Pochettino and he’s still one of the most underrated players at Spurs.