James Maddison has been a revelation to Tottenham Hotspur so far this season, reinforcing their summer makeover that was sparked by the arrival of their new man in charge Ange Postecoglou.
It was a £40million fee from Daniel Levy that tempted Leicester City in the end, making Maddison Postecoglou’s marquee signing of the summer.
Spurs have tasted nothing less than positivity since the Australian boss arrived in June and they are still unbeaten in the Premier League recording six wins and two draws, making them real contenders for the title.
Yet it is the Englishman that has inspired these results, showing off his creativity and talent in every game he’s starred in.
The 26-year-old’s most recent cameo came against Luton Town when he swivelled his way through a broken Luton defence to set up Dutch teammate Micky Van De Ven, who secured Spurs a 0-1 victory.
Maddison has recorded two goals and five assists already this season, creating himself a talisman status for the North London side.
However, Maddison’s talent has been shy’d upon in the past and last season it was plastered by Leicester’s relegation woes.
Despite the Foxes being relegated, Maddison was still able to tally up 19 goal contributions in 30 premier league appearances.
It wasn’t only the Premier league where his talents have been ignored either, as internationally he has only made four appearances for the Three Lions.
He has never been first choice on Gareth Southgate’s list, but now he has made himself a priority for the team sheet with a stunning string of performances.
More importantly though, how has Maddison Transformed Tottenham? Well he has changed their whole attacking format completely.
Previously Spurs made Harry Kane the point of play in attack, whether this would be dropping deep or as a target man, making it sometimes predictable and easy for opposition defenders to read.
Yet Postecoglou has built in a new attacking style, and Maddison plays freely as the puppet in his strings.
His freedom comes when he plays in between the lines which in turn opens up space for the selected wide men due to how he attracts defenders towards him.
Not only that, his on ball creativity has allowed for an easy attacking transition for the wingers and striker due to how brilliantly he is able to feed them through and play off space they have created.
This style of player is something spurs have lacked for years now, and especially since the departure of Christian Eriksen.
Maddison though has revived an attacking thrill for Spurs supporters, and if things carry on the way they are he may even grow to be a Tottenham Legend.
