In the latter stages of last year's January transfer window Spurs were on the brink of signing Fiorentina's Sofyan Amrabat. The deal eventually fell through and many Spurs were thankful a move was not completed with Rodrigo Bentancur instead being the deadline day signing.
The first 10 months of Bentancur's career in north London certainly suggests it was the correct decision to bring him in alongside Dejan Kulusevski in January. However, the displays of Amrabat at the World Cup with Morocco have perhaps shown he would not have been a bad alternative.
The African nation defied the odds stacked against them by reaching the semi finals in Qatar, dumping out Spain and Portugal in the previous two rounds. Chelsea's Hakim Ziyech and Angers Azzedine Ounahi both dazzled for their country while Amrabat was simply impenetrable at the base of midfield.
