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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Sport
Dan Kilpatrick

Tottenham hope Pedro Porro can make Antonio Conte’s problem position his own

There is no position that sums up Tottenham's chaotic decline from the heyday of Mauricio Pochettino's side to their current state better than the right side of defence.

Since selling Kyle Walker for £50million in the summer of 2017, Spurs have spent roughly £120m on right-backs or wing-backs, including Pedro Porro who signed in a deadline-day deal that will eventually be worth £40m. They have terminated the contracts of two of Walker's successors, Serge Aurier and Matt Doherty, and started at least seven players in the position, including centre-back Davinson Sanchez but not including £15m signing Djed Spence.

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