While sitting down with Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg for this interview, we read out a list of names to him. It went: ‘Eriksen, Eriksen, Eriksen, Schmeichel, Eriksen, Eriksen, Schmeichel, Schmeichel.’
Our Danish midfielder smiled, having a fairly good idea whose name was next on that list.
“I think it’s me,” he smiled.
If proof were needed of Pierre’s outstanding season at the club and international level, it was breaking the stranglehold our former favorite Christian Eriksen and Leicester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel had on the Danish Player of the Year award. The two players had won it eight times between them since 2013, but Pierre ended that duopoly in March.
Since then, he’s taken his run to 48 appearances out of 53 in all competitions, including an ever-present record of 33 starts in 33 matches in the Premier League, playing every minute, a record held only by Pierre and Hugo Lloris this season.
“I’ve enjoyed my football, enjoyed my performances,” he told us. “I’ve tried to keep my consistency, tried to be the best team player I can be because then I know the team is benefiting and eventually, I will benefit.
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OBITUARY – JOHNNIE HILLS
We were saddened to hear of the passing of John ‘Johnnie’ Hills, a defender who spent 11 years at the Club as an amateur and professional between 1950-61. He passed away at home in Brussels, Belgium, on Friday, 26 November, aged 87.
PAPER CHASE
Club historian John Fennelly looks back at what supporters were reading on their way, at half-time and heading home afterwards when NORWICH CITY visited in March 1938.
RIDE FOR UGO
Laurence Gant, Head of Academy Sports Medicine and Science, is set to take part in a five-day charity cycle in memory of his friend, and our former Under-23s coach Ugo Ehiogu.
DEVELOPMENT SQUAD
BIG WIN OVER EVERTON
SPURS WOMEN
INTERNATIONAL ROUND
GAME ZERO ACHIEVES NET ZERO CARBON STATUS
Sky this week published a case study revealing that Game Zero, our Premier League match against Chelsea here in September, achieved net zero carbon emissions.
LIVING IN THE MOMENT
Exclusive interview with our young midfielder OLIVER SKIPP, now an established member of our first team and also a familiar face to today’s opponents, who is enjoying every moment in the Premier League spotlight.
MEET OUR FIRST-YEAR UNDER-18S PLAYERS
TOUGH DAY AGAINST COTTAGERS
TREBLE TOP
Looking back at Spurs hat-tricks scored against tonight’s opposition.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW ?
A creative midfielder who was full of heart and desire, LEWIS HOLTBY made his Spurs debut against this afternoon’s opposition back in January 2013 and went on to make 42 appearances in our colours, scoring three goals. We caught up with the Germany international to discuss his time at the Club and find out what he is up to now…
