Journalist Pete O’Rourke reckons that Tottenham might regret the sale of Kyle Walker-Peters.
Despite being one of two senior right-backs at the club at the time, Walker-Peters signed for Southampton following a successful loan spell on the South Coast.
Having come through the ranks at his boyhood club, Walker-Peters was given his first senior chance by Mauricio Pochettino, of which all but one of his 24 first-team appearances came under.
Following the departure of Kieran Trippier ahead of the 2019-2020 season, Walker-Peters started the season as Pochettino’s first-choice right-back, although he wouldn’t make another league appearance after suffering a hamstring injury in August, with his one and only outing under Jose Mourinho coming in a dead rubber Champions League game with Bayern Munich.
Therefore, despite Serge Aurier the only other right-back at the club, Walker-Peters was allowed to join Southampton on loan in January 2020.
And after quickly establishing himself as a regular under Ralph Hasenhuttl, he would make the permanent switch to St Mary’s in a £12m deal at the end of the campaign.
But with Tottenham currently struggling badly at right wing-back right now, with neither Matt Doherty nor Emerson Royal doing the business, there’s an argument that selling Walker-Peters was a mistake.
He told GIVEMESPORT: “In hindsight, I’m sure there’s a few regrets on Tottenham’s side in regard to Walker-Peters, someone who came through the ranks and looked a good player but didn’t get enough first-team opportunities under various different managers.”
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