6 Reasons Erik Lamela Will Succeed At Spurs This Season

6. Simply Put: He Was Already A Great Player (Didn't Become Rubbish Overnight)

As countless people uttered lines like "what a waste of money" and "Erik Lamela is rubbish", you had to wonder exactly what they thought Spurs had splashed so much money on him for. He obviously wasn't "rubbish", because you don't pay £30 million for someone without an exceptional amount of talent and, despite an admittedly poor first season, the talent Spurs paid all that money for is still within the young Argentina star. Lamela is quick, strong, skilful, creative, direct, can head a ball and has a great eye for goal. If he brings those qualities to the Premier League this season - and it was always only going to be a matter of time before he did - Spurs will have one hell of an asset on their hands.