Tottenham Centre back is one of the new wave of Belgian players that have taken the world by storm and was named in the English Premier League’s Team of the Year. With a calmness and authority that belies his slight stature and youth, Vertonghen is excellent at marshalling the back four for both club and country and with the ability to find the back of the net with deadly precision and power from free kicks, will be one to watch as the Diables Rouges qualify for their first World Cup since 2002.
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Gautam Viswanathan
Professional Journalist Gautam Viswanathan has one very simple dream: he wants to commentate at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
A post-graduate from the University of Sheffield in the UK, Gautam is an NCTJ accredited journalist, who in his own words is an "impartial journalist first, Arsenal fan second".
Gautam writes for several publications including Network 18's Firstpost, Italian Football Site Footy News 24 and Sportskeeda and divides his time between Bangalore, India and Muscat, Oman.
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