DARREN ANDERTON

players of the season in the Premier League.

“He had a great World Cup as well, but just in terms of what he has done for Spurs this year, he has been outstanding.

“He is getting every single thing that is possible out of himself as a player, and you have to appreciate that.”

L i ke Son , whose side take on Leicester today, Anderton was a very gifted winger.

But, laughing, he said: “I don’t know if there are any similarities – he’s sharper than me.

“He’s a great f inisher and when he’s out wide he gets the ball and delivers.

“That’s the biggest thing. He makes things happen, just through doing the right thing in the final third, getting shots in, producing crosses.

“My old coaches would say, ‘Get in the final third and it’s crosses and shots, crosses and shots’.

“It entertains the crowd as well and gives them a lift. When you’re playing you can feel that anticipation, you can feel the sense in the crowd when you get the ball that you can do something – and that’s a pretty good feeling.

“Sometimes when players do things as quickly as Son, and have that much energy and try that hard, they lose a bit of quality, but he doesn’t.

“You see wingers getting the ball and dribbling past one, dribbling past two, but then getting sloppy with a final ball that is nowhere near good enough.

“That could have been said of ma n y wingers over the years. But he doesn’t do that. He has the

19 66.6 482 409 84.9 full package. Teams become scared of Sonny and they sit deeper and deeper, and that gives the likes of Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen the space to make things happen as well.

“He runs at the same intensity in the 90th minute as he did in the first too – it’s quite frightening actually.”