The Tottenham star who was ‘more skilled than Bale’ is now struggling in Greece

They may not have been the most successful team over the last 15 years, however Tottenham Hotspur I have been blessed with some ridiculously talented footballers.

For example, before his move to Bayern Munich, Harry Kane was undoubtedly the best striker in the world Premier League He formed one of the best attacking partnerships ever alongside Son Heung-min.

However, years before these two became superstars, another Tottenham striker was the envy of the football world: Gareth Bale.

The Welsh legend was a force of nature for the Lilywhites and eventually got hold of A world record £85 million teamwhich was infamously spent on seven rather disappointing signings, including one player who was supposedly more skilled than the UEFA Champions League Winner, but now struggling in the Greek Super League.

Tottenham is not a very impressive seven

Yes, with the money made from selling Bell, Daniel Levy and Co. chose to spend the money on Seven New signings that summerAnd while some of them were fine, most of them weren’t.

For example, while Roberto Soldado and Paulinho arrived with a lot of hype, the former was due to him He scored incredible goals in Spain And the last because Comparisons with Frank LampardNeither of them achieved much of anything at the club.

Likewise, while none of them were terrible, Nacer Chadli, Etienne Capoue and Vlad Chiriches left the north London club within three years, leaving little to no impact on the club at all.

However, while five of the seven entrants arguably left floundering, there were two who certainly had a more positive impact.

The first is Christian Eriksen, who was undoubtedly the most successful of the seven and made 305 appearances for the Lilywhites, scoring 69 goals and 88 assists Before leaving to join Inter Milan in January 2020.

The latest member of the Fantastic Seven was not as successful as the Dane, but he stayed in north London longer and certainly made his mark, although comparisons with Bale in the early days seem even more ridiculous now that he has been struggling in the Greek Super League.

The former Tottenham star is struggling in Greece

So, with six of the seven players already covered, it should come as no surprise that the player we’re talking about is Erik Lamela.

The Argentine ace has joined the north Londoners About £25.8 million in late August 2013And while he wasn’t a game-changer like Eriksen, he was significantly more influential than the other five players signed that summer.

In fact, to his credit, the Karapacay-born dynamo was the last man standing of the Magnificent Seven and ended up making 257 matches with the club Before joining Sevilla as part of Swap deal in July 2021.

In those games, the 32-year-old scored 37 goals, provided 44 assists and occasionally showed real glimpses of quality, such as Puskas’s winner in the north London derby.

While these moments helped justify the money spent on him, he could never live up to people’s expectations of him when he first arrived at N17, especially after club legend Ossie Ardiles. He announced that he was “More skilled than Bill.”

Such comments seem even more outrageous today After three mediocre seasons in seville, The 25-cap international joined Greek AEK Athens sideAlthough it wasn’t sad, it wasn’t great either.

in 13 matches in all competitionsThe former Tottenham star has failed to score a single goal and has only three assists to his name, which is not the kind of production you would expect from someone of his ability.

Ultimately, despite being a respected servant to the club, Lamela was never able to live up to people’s expectations of him at Tottenham, and it looks like that might happen to him again, only this time in Greece.