Aaron Lennon is in his tenth season at White Hart Lane and in doing so is the longest-serving member of the Spurs squad. He is just three games shy of 400 career club appearances, has played in two World Cups, and yet is still only 27 years old. It feels like the speed merchant has been around forever, and its probably because he began his career before everybody else, becoming the youngest player to appear in the Premier League when he came off the bench at White Hart Lane for Leeds United as a 16 year old in August 2003. Having joined the club as a 14 year old schoolboy in 2001, it certainly did not take long for the winger to find himself thrust into the first-team picture and within four years, he would have appeared 43 times for the Elland Road outfit during his two seasons with the club. The financially-stricken club were forced to add Lennon to the growing list of departing talents, with Spurs tying up a bargain £1 million deal for the 18 year old in June 2005. For the first time in the decade he has spent in north London, Lennon finds himself firmly in the cold, restricted to sporadic Europa League appearances and a couple of forays from the bench. He has been linked with an exit in recent months, and while a drop down to the Championship is probably beneath a man who still has aspirations of forcing his way back into the international fold, a player like him would rip up that division.
Recent Journalism & New Media graduate. Insatiable thirst for all things football, and hopes to break into the field of sports journalism in the near future.
Have made a significantly insignificant playing career out of receiving several slaps around the head for not passing the ball.
