A Tottenham centre-back has been paired with an Arsenal man in WhoScored’s Team of the Season so far across the top five leagues in Europe.
There has been plenty of debate on social media about how Tottenham’s centre-back pairing of Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven compares with Arsenal’s formidable duo, William Saliba and Gabriel.
Former Tottenham midfielder Sando believes that Spurs have the best centre-back pairing in the Premier League, which is not a statement that will go down well with Arsenal fans.
Interestingly, WhoScored’s Team of the Season has one Arsenal man and one Spurs man as their central defensive pairing, but it is not either Romero or Van de Ven.
Tottenham youngster Luka Vuskovic makes Team of the Season
WhoScored have announced their Team of the Season so far across the top five leagues in Europe based on their performance metrics.
Spurs youngster Luka Vuskovic, who is having an outstanding loan spell at Hamburg, makes the cut with an average match rating of 7.38.
The Croat has an even better average match rating than Gabriel, who is the other centre-back in the team, and the only Premier League player in the eleven.
Unsurprisingly, Tottenham legend Harry Kane makes the eleven with an average match performance rating of 8.33, which is the highest out of all the players selected.
Spurs are weighing up Vuskovic’s next step
Vuskovic has won two back-to-back Bundesliga Rookie of the Month awards since moving to Hamburg, with the centre-back surprising everyone with how well he is doing in the German top-flight.
It was reported a few days ago that Tottenham’s scouts are closely monitoring Vuskovic’s progress at Hamburg as they weigh up the 18-year-old’s next steps.
Going by the centre-back’s meteoric rise over the last two years, many Spurs fans will feel he is ready to challenge for a first-team spot at N17 next season.