Giovani dos Santos was supposed to be Ronaldinhos heir apparent. Blessed with pace, trickery and a penchant for the unpredictable, the Mexican teenager had Camp Nou spectators on the edge of their seats with the drop of a hip, and the whip of a step-over. Its hard to believe that he is still only 25, considering he signed for Spurs nearly six and a half years ago. It was hard for Spurs supporters not to get excited about their very own mini-Ronaldinho, however, after the club had wrapped up the shock £4.7 million coup in June 2008. Had they had a look at the 19 year olds skill-set on Youtube or on a La Liga highlight reel, they would have been salivating over his potential - indeed, he even scored a hat-trick for the Catalonian giants in his last game for the club prior to his move to England. Its hard not to get excited about a kid like that. What Youtube didnt show was Dos Santos love for the party, and nightclubs in particular. Unprofessional behaviour was to dominate his time at the club, which partly led to his fitness problems, and failure to adapt to the English game. He played only 15 league games for the White Hart Lane outfit in four years, and was farmed out on loan thrice.
''If he could pass a nightclub as well as he can pass a ball, he would be all right. - Harry Redknapp, July 2010.
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.
