Opinion: I still think Spurs were very wrong to sell Trippier and this is why
Kieran Trippier has only played two matches in La Liga so far since his move from Spurs to Atletico Madrid, but what a time he is having in Spain.
He seems to be tipped as the new number 2 at Atletico after playing two lots of full 90 minutes and even chalking up an assist in that time (TransferMarkt).
In these two matches, WhoScored ranked him at a decent 6.96 and 7.5 respectively.
In fact, his form in pre-season and early-season has been so impressive that he has earned a recall into Gareth Southgate’s England side this week.
While I admit that Trippier had a bad season last time out, I also believe that a lot of good players have bad seasons. Remember Eden Hazard in Chelsea’s tenth place season?
I think that the right-back sh...