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Kieran Trippier has completed a £20m move to Atletico Madrid.

Spurs confirmed on Tuesday that they had reached an agreement to sell the England international to the Spanish club.

It brings the curtain down on a four-year spell in north London, in which Trippier played 114 times for Spurs.

And he should be remembered as a noble servant who always strived to the best he could be.

Now, of course, he endured a difficult season in 2018/19. After the highs of last summer’s World Cup in which, amazingly, he briefly became the best full-back in the world and made a country believe that maybe, just maybe, it was coming home with that spectacular free-kick against Croatia, he saw his stock fall so far that he was left out of Gareth Southgate’s squad for the Nations League finals.

And yet, he has never been anything short of professional. He played a key role as Spurs reached the Champions League final and started in the showpiece.

He is an excellent crosser of the ball, he scored a brilliant free-kick against Fulham that actually topped his effort in the semi-final, and has always been trusted by Mauricio Pochettino.

Of course, it is easy to forget that he was simply a deputy when he was signed for a modest £3.5m from Burnley in 2015.

He came into the club in the era of Kyle Walker but made the right-back spot his own as soon as he left for Manchester City.

Those were big shoes to fill and he did it with aplomb; throughout the 2017/18 season, he was excellent, an assiduous defender and a danger going forward.

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He leaves with two goals under his belt and 24 assists.

This is a classic Daniel Levy signing; he was picked up for peanuts and moves on having raised his stock overall, become an England international and played at the very highest level in the game.

It remains to be seen if he will make it in La Liga but he will be playing under one of the very best defensive coaches on the planet in Diego Simeone.

One thing is for sure, though; he should be wished well as he heads out of the Hotspur Way exits.

This is a player who has been made into what he is by Tottenham Hotspur and he is now seeking pastures new as he looks to recover from a season when he simply didn’t live up to the high expectations he himself had set.

That is no bad thing. Every Spurs fan should want him to succeed.