How Mousa Dembele filled Luka Modric's boots in Tottenham's midfield

ZonalMarking.net's Michael Cox uses the FREE FourFourTwo/Opta StatsZone app to compare Spurs' new Belgian hero with their former star...

In a fascinating interview with the Daily Mail last weekend, Mousa Dembele rejected comparisons with Luka Modric, the central midfielder he effectively replaced at Tottenham in the summer. âÂÂI never saw myself as the replacement for Luka,â said Dembele. âÂÂI feel like IâÂÂm a totally different playerâ¦IâÂÂm very much impressed by him, but heâÂÂs a different kind of style.âÂÂ

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