Greatest XI of all time - Tottenham Hotspur?

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Some of the current players might as well go down as the club's greatest

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Luka Modric

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Real Madrid's midfield maestro

Ah, Luka Modric. One could almost say that Spurs’ foray into the top echelons of English football was incepted with the acquisition of Luka Modric from Dinamo Zagreb. The midfield maestro was bought for a then club record £16.5 million and spent four decorated years at the White Hart Lane before joining Real Madrid.

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In that time, he was once awarded as Tottenham’s player of the year in 2011 as he engineered some genius piece of football whilst playing from the centre of the park. Spurs fans still fondly remember him for the great services that he rendered to the club.

Ossie Ardiles

Osvaldo Ardiles
Osvaldo Ardiles was full of guile

Ossie Ardiles is perhaps the greatest Argentine player to have played in England. The former Tottenham midfielder was an elegant player in the middle of the park and enjoyed 10 solid years at the White Hart Lane.

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A midfielder with tremendous guile and mesmeric ball-control abilities, Ardiles was the archetypal midfielder who could do almost everything. He would often sit deep and defend in one moment and then be at the end of an attacking move to score a goal in the very next moment.

Alongside someone like Luka Modric, only God knows how good he would have been.

Glenn Hoddle

Glenn Hoddle of Tottenham Hotspur
Glenn Hoddle of Tottenham Hotspur

For many, he is the best player to ever play for Tottenham Hotspur. Glenn Hoddle was a gifted playmaker who played behind the striker(s) and fed them with delightful balls that would rival a French pastry cuisine in terms of art.

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In his time with Spurs, he won the FA Cup twice and led the team to a UEFA Cup win in 1984. He is among those players that helped Spurs come back to the first division after being relegated for the first time in 27 years in 1976-77.

He spent 12 great years at Spurs before moving to Monaco, where he won the French League in his very first season and was voted as the best foreign player in France that season.

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Edited by Amit Mishra
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