60 Best Tottenham Hotspur Players In Premier League History

15. Sol Campbell

Main Position: Central Defender. Time With Spurs: 1992-2001. "JUDAS". That's what I hear my fellow Spurs fans shout as they read Campbell's inclusion in this list. And frankly I agree. But, begrudgingly, it's impossible to deny what a good defender he was for Spurs before his much-maligned free transfer to Spurs' bitter rivals Arsenal in 2001. He's retired now. That's all you're getting though, Sol. Moving on...

14. Michael Carrick

Main Position: Central Midfielder. Time With Spurs: 2004-2006. Michael Carrick played 75 times for Spurs following his £2.75m move from West Ham United in 2004, scoring twice (both in the league). The England international midfielder was initially overlooked by the then Spurs manager, Jacques Santini, but soon established himself as a key member of the first team under Martin Jol's management and started to attract admiring glances from bigger clubs. Carrick's best performance in a Spurs shirt was probably the one he gave in a 1-1 away draw with rivals Arsenal in April 2006 and a month later he was one of the players struck down with illness as Spurs lost to his former employers, West Ham United, on the last day of the season, ensuring they did not qualify for the Champions League - at the expensive of Arsenal. At the end of July that same year, Carrick moved to Manchester United for around £18.6m, with Sir Alex Ferguson revealing he was seen as the successor the Roy Keane. Carrick is now 31 and still plays for Manchester United and England. This past season he was named United's Player of the Season, whilst also being named in the PFA Team of the Season, as United won the title for a record 20th time.

13. Jermain Defoe

Main Position: Striker. Time With Spurs: 2004-2008, 2009-Present. Diminutive England striker Jermain Defoe has had two spells with Spurs - the first of which was from 2004-2008, having signed from West Ham United for £7m plus Bobby Zamora, before Harry Redknapp took him to Portsmouth for £9m. A year later, Redknapp brought him back to Spurs, also for around £9m, and he has remained at the club ever since. In his two spells at the club, Defoe has made 342 competitive appearances, scoring 133 goals, while he has also scored 19 times in 54 international appearances. He is Tottenham's 8th highest goalscorer of all time. Now 30 years of age, Defoe's future at the club is unclear, given that Spurs are reportedly targeting several top class strikers over this summer, but he has undoubtedly been one of their best goalscorers of the Premier League era.

12. Dimitar Berbatov

Main Position: Striker. Time With Spurs: 2006-2008. Nonchalant Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov signed for Spurs from Bayer Leverkusen in May 2006 for a fee o £10.9m, making him the most expensive Bulgarian footballer in history. Berbatov went on to make 102 appearances for Spurs, scoring an impressive 46 goals - 27 of which came in the league. This did not go unnoticed by Europe's big teams and it wasn't long before Manchester United came knocking. The Red Devils unsettled the striker and Berbatov subsequently forced his way out of Spurs, signing for the Old Trafford club for a massive £31m in September 2008. In his time at White Hart Lane, Berbatov won the Tottenham Hotspur Player of the Season award and a place in the PFA Premier League Team of the Year. He was also part of the team that won the 2008 League Cup final against Chelsea - scoring the equalising goal from the penalty spot in a 2-1 victory. Despite his success with the club, Berbatov left a sour taste in the mouth of Spurs fans due to the manner in which he left. Now 32, he stills plys his trade in the Premier League with Fulham, having been signed by the same manager who brought him to Spurs - Martin Jol.

11. Les Ferdinand

Main Position: Striker. Time With Spurs: 1997-2003. 'Sir Les', as he is still affectionately known, signed for Spurs following a successful spell with Newcastle United. Spurs paid £6m for the big striker - who supported the club as a youngster - and he would go on to be one of the club's leading striker for more than 5 years, despite a series of injury setbacks, forming partnerships with the likes of Jurgen Klinsmann. Ferdinand scored 39 goals for the club in 149 appearances, including the 10,000th goal in Premier League history on the 15th of December 2001 against Fulham. In 1999, Ferdinand led the line for Spurs in their League Cup final victory over Leicester. He was also a losing finalist 3 years later against Blackburn Rovers in the same competition. He moved to West Ham United in 2003 and went on to sign for Leicester City, Bolton Wanderers, Reading and Watford before retiring in 2006 just a few months shy of his 40th birthday. Now 46, he is the striker coach at Spurs and a regular football pundit on various television networks, including Setanta and the BBC.
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