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Tottenham Hotspur are one of the big six clubs in the English top flight. However, unlike their five other counterparts, Spurs have not won a league title in the Premier League era.
They had a good start to their 2021-22 campaign, winning their first three games to lead the table. However, Spurs spectacularly imploded after that bright start, which cost Nuno Espirito Santo his job.
Antonio Conte was brought in his place, and the Italian has set about resurrecting the club's fortunes. Conte went nine games unbeaten in the league before Spurs lost 2-0 against Chelsea. Nevertheless, the former Inter Milan manager knows his team needs reinforcements to compete with the big boys.
Spurs do have a few quality personnel in their ranks, though. On that note, here's a look at the five most valuable Tottenham Hotspur players at the moment:
#5 Cristian Romero - €35 million
Cristian Romero arrived on loan at Spurs this season from Serie A side Atalanta. The Argentinian has been beset by injuries in his first campaign in the English top flight, though.
Romero has made only 13 appearances across competitions for Spurs, and has been out of action since sustaining a hamstring injury late last year. After nearly two months on the sidelines, the 23-year-old centre-back is close to making a return.
Providing an update on Romero, Conte said:
“Cristian Romero, I am pleased because I am seeing how he is almost 100 per cent fit and he is very very close to coming back, and for sure after the international break he is available to play and help us. We are talking about another important player for us."
"He missed two months, despite this I see in a positive way. “I want to see the positive way about the injury of Cristian but now he is ready and after the international break he will play again and this is good news for us.”
#4 Tanguy Ndombele - €38 million
Tottenham Hotspur splurged €60 million in the summer of 2019 to land Tanguy Ndombele from Lyon.
However, the central midfielder, beset by injuries and indifferent form, has made less than 100 appearances for the club, bagging ten goals and nine assists. Six of these strikes have come in the Premier League.
Ndombele has appeared in 16 games in four different competitions this season, bagging two goals and an assist for Tottenham.
#3 Pierre Emile Hojbjerg - €40 million
Pierre Emile Hojbjerg is one of the unsung yet most consistent players at Tottenham Hotspur.
The 26-year-old doesn't score too many goals, but controls the pace of games from the middle of the park and breaks up opposition attacks. Hojbjerg has made over 80 appearances for the club since arriving from Southampton at the start of last season.
This season, the Dane has recorded two goals and as many assists across three different competitions. Hojbjerg has endeared himself to new Spurs manager Conte, who has hailed the Dane as a 'warrior'.
#2 Son-Heung Min - €80 million
Son-Heung Min has had a fabulous stint at Tottenham since arriving in north London from Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the summer of 2015.
The South Korean, who recently made his 300th appearance for Spurs, has bagged 116 goals and 77 assists for the club. He enjoyed a standout 2020-21 campaign, registering 40 goal contributions (22 goals, 18 assists), but Spurs endured another trophyless campaign.
Nevertheless, the 29-year-old winger has struck up a prolific partnership with Harry Kane (more on him later). Having bagged nine goals and five assists this campaign, Son will hope to end the campaign strongly and help Tottenham end their long trophy drought.
#1 Harry Kane - €100 million
Harry Kane is arguably one of the most lethal strikers in the game at the moment. The Englishman has been a standout performer for Tottenham Hotspur, scoring nearly 250 goals across competitions for the club.
The 28-year-old enjoyed a standout campaign last season, bagging 23 goals and 18 assists in the league to top both the goalscoring and assists charts. Unfortunately, Spurs ended a lowly seventh, and only qualified for the inaugural UEFA Europa Conference League.
This season, Kane has endured an uncharacteristically slow start. He now has 11 goals across competitions this campaign after ending a long, eight-game scoreless run at home in the league.
Kane (171) is now 13 strikes away from breaking Sergio Aguero's record of most Premier League goals scored for a single club. It remains to be seen if the Euro 2020 finalist scales the landmark this season.
