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Midfielders

Christian Eriksen is an integral part of Tottenham.

Dusan Tadic- The Serbian international is one of the three current Ajax players to be part of this team.

The 29-year-old joined Ajax from Southampton last summer and started his Ajax career in a brilliant form. He contributed five goals and three assists in the opening eight league games this season and also played a vital role in Ajax's qualification to the Champions League group stages by scoring three goals and providing the same number of assists during the qualifying round.

Tadic was a regular for the Saints prior to his move to Ajax and played 134 games, scoring 21 goals for the English Club.

Christian Eriksen - With his incredible passing, creativity, vision and the ability to control the game from the midfield, the Danish international is among the finest midfielders in Europe right now.

Cristian Eriksen is a product of the Ajax academy and graduated through the youth groups to make his senior debut for the club in 2010. He played 113 times for the Dutch club before joining Tottenham Hotspur for £11.5 million in 2013.

He won three Eredivisie titles, one KNVB Cup and one Johan Cruyff Shield during his five seasons with the Ajax's senior team. Eriksen also won a number of individual accolades such as, the Dutch Football Talent of the Year 2011 and Ajax Talent of the Year 2011.

The 25-year old is the integral part of Mauricio Pochettino's style at the Spurs and is currently the highest scoring Danish Player in the Premier League with 41 goals.

Davvy Klaassen - The Dutch international, Davvy Klaassen joined the Amsterdam based club at the age of 11 and graduated through Ajax's youth system to become the club captain in 2015.

The midfielder made 126 appearances for the I Lancieri and helped the team win three Eredivisie titles along with Europa League runners-up medal in 2017.

He joined Everton for £23.6 million in the summer transfer window of 2017 but failed to make his impression in the English Premier League and moved to Werder Bremen just a year after joining the Merseyside Blue.

The 25-year-old revived his career in the Bundesliga and contributed two goals along with one assist in the opening seven matches for the Die Werderaner.

Hakim Ziyech- The 25-year-old joined Ajax in 2016 for £11 million after enjoying three successful seasons with their league rival, FC Twente.

Ziyech immediately made his impact on the team and scored seven goals in 27 games during his first season at the club. He kept on improving with time and scored nine goals and assisted a whopping 17 goals for his teammates last season.

Ziyech started strong this season as well and already registered four goals along with four assists in eight league games.

The former Twente player provided the most number of assists in three out of the last four Eredivisie seasons.