Spurs praised for signing ‘outstanding’ first-team star

Former Spurs goalkeeper Paul Robinson is confident his former club has a suitable replacement for the injury-stricken Micky Van de Ven.

Already registering the fastest-ever recorded speed among all players in the Premier League, Van de Ven, 22, has stunned fans with his incredible pace and old-school approach to recovery defending.

However, with such a style of play naturally comes unwanted injuries. This has been proven by the Dutchman recently pulling up with a hamstring strain for the second time already this season.

Robinson believes January signing Radu Dragusin is a more than competent replacement though. The Romania international, who joined mid-season from Genoa, started his first Premier League game against Fulham last weekend.

Spurs told importance of Radu Dragusin

Although the Lilywhites put in one of their worst team performances of the season and lost 3-0, Robinson remains adamant Dragusin is an ‘outstanding’ addition.

“Van de Ven is always going to be susceptible to a hamstring injury,” he said on Football Insider’s ‘Inside Track’ podcast.

“Is it worrying? No.

“Athletes of that pace and quality will always be susceptible. But Tottenham addressed that in January with Dragusin. He’s come in and we’ve hardly seen anything of him. This will be his opportunity.

“There were questions of who was going to play, but Dragusin has had to wait his time. He’s come on in the last few minutes of games as a right-back and a holding midfielder. He’s an outstanding centre-back and now is his chance.”