10 Players Who Probably Regret Joining Spurs

Come to White Hart Lane they said... Play Champions League football, they said...

Failing to deliver the goods in football is an unfortunate reality for certain players, and it's something that's hard to shake off once you're stuck in a downward spiral. Many players have come and gone throughout world football, some arriving at the biggest clubs in the hope that they would cement their names in the history books, only to see everything slip away from under their feet, and followers of the Barclays Premier League will know this all too well. Andriy Shevchenko, Robinho and Juan Sebastian Veron are amongst the unlucky few in recent times to have crashed and burned - unable to cope with gigantic transfer fees. Despite arriving for Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United respectively, for a combined £91.9 million, those three showcase exactly how misguided the transfer market can make even some of the most astute deal-makers in world football. Their careers never took off in England, but they weren't the first and they certainly won't be the last. Given the ruthless nature of supporters, going from hero to zero is a tag no athlete aspires to achieve, and the weight of expectation offered in a large transfer fees can be the enemy to progress for some of those players to the extent that their decision to even move ends up looking like a grave error. That can undoubtedly be said of some of Tottenham Hotspur's signings in the past - suggested stars in the making who ended up spending most of their time on the bench, or away from the first team entirely, and who would have undoubtedly been relieved to leave White Hart Lane in the end.
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Connor is a Sports Journalism student at Staffordshire University. He is an accredited MMA journalist, covering events such as BAMMA. He also writes for KingdomMMA.co.uk and he presents a radio show for One Media Group called Sports Talk Live.