KIERAN TRIPPIER has snubbed Harry Kane when naming the most talented player he has had as a team-mate.
The Newcastle defender has lined up alongside many talented players during his career.
Trippier has surprised some with his pick for best ever team-mate[/caption]
At Tottenham, he featured alongside the likes of Harry Kane, Christian Eriksen and Son Heung-min.
He then moved to Atletico Madrid and won the LaLiga title in a squad which included Antoine Griezmann, Luis Suarez and Joao Felix.
And now he plays for Newcastle, where he has played with the likes of Bruno Guimaraes, Alexander Isak and Anthony Gordon.
But Trippier does not consider any of those to be the best player he has played alongside.
Instead, the England ace has stated that former Belgian midfielder Mousa Dembele is at the top of that list.
Speaking to fans on social media, he said: “The best player I’ve ever played with has got to be Mousa Dembele when I was at Tottenham.
“The guy was an absolute magician with the ball. I haven’t seen anyone like him before, so I’ve got to say him.”
Dembele spent seven years at Tottenham between 2012 and 2019.
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Trippier then joined the club in 2015 and enjoyed three-and-a-half seasons alongside the ex-Fulham midfielder.
And he is not the first person to praise Dembele for being a world class talent.
The Belgian, who retired from football in 2022, was once compared to Ronaldinho and Diego Maradona by former Spurs coach Mauricio Pochettino.
Speaking in 2017, current Chelsea chief Poch said: “He has started to work very hard, we are very happy with him.
“I always say, ‘Mousa, when I write my book I will say you are one of the genius players I have been lucky to meet’.
“They are Maradona, Ronaldinho, Jay-Jay Okocha, Ivan de la Pena and Mousa Dembele.
“We’ve always told him that if we had taken him at 18 or 19 years old, he would have become one of the best players in the world.”
