Big twist! Aaron Lennon missed the best 11 in Redknapp over Son Heung-min...Tottenham legend ST controversial choice
Mar 18, 2025
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Defoe evaluated Aaron Lennon as an outstanding player than Son Heung-min in the process of selecting the best 11 by comparing Tottenham and current Tottenham players in the 2010-2011 season.
The 2010-2011 season is a meaningful team for Tottenham. In this season, Tottenham played in the UEFA Champions League for the first time since its foundation. Tottenham were eliminated in the quarterfinals after losing to Real Madrid, but they had an impressive performance before then. Harry Redknapp was the coach who led Tottenham at the time.
On the other hand, the 2024-2025 season is likely to be the most disappointing year for Tottenham fans. Outstanding players such as Christian Romero, Mickey Vanderben, Son Heung-min and Dejan Klusevski are still on the team, but the team's performance is disastrous due to bad injuries.
British Spurs Web reported on the 18th (Korea Standard Time) "Jermaine Defoe said Tottenham in the 2010-2011 season was better at almost all positions than the current team."," he said.
In a recent interview with ESPN in the U.K., Defoe compared Tottenham's squad for the 2010-2011 season and this season, comparing players for each position.
Defoe, as expected, selected players from the 2010-2011 season when he played in most positions. Currently, the only player chosen by Tottenham was centre-back Mickey van der Ben.
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In particular, fans have no choice but to have negative emotions about being behind the squad at that time because he is a coach of Redknapp who has usually expressed negative reviews about Son Heung-min.
Spursweb wrote "The most controversial choice was to choose Aaron Lennon over Son Heung-min"Defoe created a huge controversy among fans when he selected Aaron Lennon, who played with Tottenham in the past, excluding Son Heung-min from his All-Time Best 11."
It is understandable that Defoe can take a biased view of the players he played with. And it's hard to challenge most of his choices"It is true that the majority of Tottenham fans love Aaron Lennon, but no one will choose him over Son Heung-min. " "Because Son will remain one of the greatest players in Tottenham's history," he added.
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Tottenham, which has been struggling in the league, has fallen to 14th place in the league.
In fact, it has become difficult to secure a Champions League spot in the league, and Tottenham are betting everything on the UEFA Europa League. In a way, it is not wrong to say that this season was operated with only one Europa League view.
Tottenham will face Frankfurt in the first leg of the Europa League quarterfinals on the 11th of next month. As coach Enze Postecoglou and captain Son Heung-min, who put all their lives in the Europa League, are expected to face corresponding criticism if they are eliminated.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
