Tottenham have completed the loan signing of centre-back Clement Lenglet from Barcelona and he’ll be hoping to do better than many of the players Spurs have brought in from La Liga clubs in the past.
Lenglet has joined Spurs on a season-long deal, making him the club’s the 13th signing from La Liga in the Premier League era.
Looking back through those players, it’s fair to say they’ve had varied success. Some failed to make any impact at all, others failed to live up to the hype, while a couple went on to achieve cult hero status.
Emerson Royal
This looked a real coup when Spurs completed the deal in the summer of 2021.
A full Brazil international, Emerson had excelled for Real Betis for two seasons before Barcelona took the option to buy him that formed part of the deal that took him to Spain initially.
Owing to their financial woes, however, Barca were forced to sell immediately and Spurs got a cut-price £22.5million deal for the right-back.
Emerson struggled badly, however, putting in some dire performances at the start of the season and only starting to show a little form after the arrival of Antonio Conte.
Reports have emerged suggesting that Emerson may be moved on this summer – Atletico Madrid are apparently keen to sign him – with Djed Spence brought in as a replacement.
Bryan Gil
A supremely talented and quite old-fashioned, touchline-hugging winger, Gil joined Spurs from Sevillain the summer of 2021 but it felt like he was barely given a chance to impress.
After a January loan move to Valencia was confirmed, Conte was asked about the 21-year-old and said: “You can be good with quality. You can be a creative player, but at the same time you have to be strong physically. You have to run a lot, to be resilient.
“The impact of this league is not simple. It’s not simple. For this reason, the market, before signing a player, you have to check many aspects and not going on emotional things.”
We’re no futuroligists, but we reckon Gil’s chances at Spurs might be limited in 2022-23 as well.
Sergio Reguilon
The left-back was brought in from Real Madrid in the summer of 2020 for just shy of £30million, but while he was often impressive going forward in his first season, he left a lot to be desired at the back.
Under Antonio Conte, he fell out of favour and Ryan Sessegnonon moved ahead of him in the queue at left wing-back. With the arrival of Ivan Perisic this summer, it now seems that Reguilon is even further down the…
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