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Tottenham fans have taken to Twitter to heap praise on Moussa Sissoko after the midfielder's performance against Leicester, as they reflect on what has been an excellent season for the 29-year-old having previously been considered something of a laughing stock.

Sissoko arrived in north London on deadline day back in 2016 for a huge £30m fee, rejecting Everton's advances in favour of linking up with Mauricio Pochettino at the old White Hart Lane.

However, he made just eight Premier League starts in his first season with the club, and the Argentine manager even admitted in 2017 he would have sold the midfielder last summer if there had been an acceptable offer on the table.

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This season, in stark contrast, the France international has found himself in a Spurs shirt, emerging from the shadows to replace the injury-stricken duo of Victor Wanyama and Mousa Dembele - the latter of whom left the club in January.

Sissoko has become a workhorse in the middle of the park and has stepped up in their time of need, much to the admiration of Tottenham fans on Twitter who thought they'd never see the day...