Tottenham Hotspur Football Club have had some legendary players over the years; Bill Nicholson, Dave Mackay. Jimmy Greaves, Ossie Ardiles, Glenn Hoddle, Ray Clemence, Pat Jennings, Gary Lineker and Paul Gascoigne to name but a few. The club has a rich history that includes everything from hard-men to technically gifted flair players and the Hall of Fame is full of massive footballing names. But not all of the club's legends are from the distant past. Since the turn of the new millennium, a number of players who are legends in the eyes of the club's fans have worn the famous lilywhite of Spurs. Whether it's because they've performed so admirably on the pitch that it's impossible to not admire them, whether it's because they gave 100% in every single match or whether it's because they've displayed their allegiance to the Spurs cause off the pitch in other ways, a number of modern-era players have a good chance of being inducted into the Spurs Hall of Fame in the future. In this article, we're going to take a look at a few of them. Here are ten Spurs legends, who played for the club after the year 2000, who the fans completely idolise...
Honourable Mention: Gareth Bale
Although Gareth Bale left Spurs under a cloud and in some pretty bitter circumstances (he essentially went on strike in order to force a move to Real Madrid), there is absolutely no doubt that he was a wonderful performer for the club. In the 2012-13 season, Bale often won or saved matches on his own - he earned the club as many points single-handedly as the rest of the team did combined - and it was those performances that led to a club of Madrid's size paying a world record transfer fee of £85.3 million for the Welshman. Spurs fans will also always remember his incredible Champions League hat-trick against Italian side Inter Milan. Spurs lost the match 4-3 but, at 4-0 down and down to ten men at half-time, Bale's heroic individual attempt at a comeback has to be admired. However, thanks to the nature of his transfer, his relationship with the Spurs fans has certainly been soured. And now on to the actual list...