Undoubtedly, silverware serves as the definitive measure of success in football, both for individual teams and their achievements.
While individual accolades are always nice, it is the ability of one’s club to win trophies that ultimately separates them from the rest of the pack.
Unfortunately for Tottenham Hotspur, a brutal reality is that the club is not very highly ranked in recent years, because of their extremely poor luck in the trophy department.
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One could argue Spurs have had a golden generation in recent years, and at some point, enjoyed a team which had the likes of Kyle Walker, Harry Kane, Dele Alli, Moussa Dembele , a prime Christian Eriksen and the evergreen Son heung Min.
Yet with all these players at their disposal and with a world class manager in the form of Mauricio Pochettino in the team, Spurs somehow failed to clinch any silverware.
Spurs’ silverware jinx
It is not for the want of trying, however, as they have come close on several occasions, but trophies always seem to elude them. Is it a curse? We will never know.
In 2016, for example, Spurs were genuine title contenders in a campaign where the underdogs Leicester City prevailed.
They ended up with a second place finish in the league, behind The Foxes, who were helped by Spurs’ city rivals Chelsea.
Three years on and Spurs were in the Champions League final at the Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid where they came up against fellow English side Liverpool.
But despite knowing their opponents all too well, Spurs once again fell short, losing 2-0 as the likes of Harry Kane’s long wait for silverware raged on.
The last time Tottenham clinched silverware, according to TottenhamHotspur.com, was in 2008, when a Juande Ramos-led side edged Chelsea 2-1 at Wembley.
Since then, Spurs have had stars come in and out of the club, and a majority of the players who ended up leaving have won silverware since.
The latest one in that list is Erik Lamela, whose Sevilla side beat Jose Mourinho’s Roma to win the Europa League on Wednesday, May 31.
Here are some stars who left Spurs and won trophies