Is Swansea’s Fernando Llorente better than Tottenham’s Vincent Janssen?
Former Tottenham Hotspur defender Gary Stevens has commented that he believes Swansea City striker Fernando Llorente is a better player than Spurs back-up Vincent Janssen.
Llorente is yet to feature this season due to injury, while Janssen played the final two minutes off the bench in Tottenham’s defeat to Chelsea.
Janssen had a terribly disappointing debut season for Spurs, failing to live up to the standards which saw him finish the 2015/16 campaign as the top scorer in Holland for AZ Alkmaar.
Stevens, who played for Spurs between 1983 and 1990, made the comments via Twitter in response to a supporter.
Janssen scored just two Premier League goals in 24 appearances for Tottenham last season.
Llorente last season netted an impressive 15 times for the Swans after they signed him from Sevilla for a fee ESPN reported to be just £5 million, £12 million cheaper than the money Tottenham paid for Janssen.
Swansea’s position for Llorente is vulnerable however as he has only one year left on his deal.
Even though, they would be ill advised to sell the 32-year-old after his productive season last year as they will need his goals to help try and stave off relegation especially after Gylfi Sigurdsson’s exit.
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