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Tottenham fans react as Toby Alderweireld departs

Tottenham waved goodbye to Toby Alderweireld yesterday. The centre-back has left to join Al-Duhail in Qatar for a fee in the region of £13 million.

The defender has been a loyal servant to Spurs over the years now the club have decided to cash in on the Belgian.

Alderweireld wasn’t at his very best last season and at 32-years-old perhaps this is a good time to look to get rid of him.

Photo by Sebastian Frej/MB Media/Getty Images
Photo by Sebastian Frej/MB Media/Getty Images

Alderweireld checked in at Tottenham in 2015 and he’s proved to be a stalwart ever since. He has made 236 appearances for the club, scoring nine goals.

He helped the club reach the Champions League Final during the 2018/19 campaign and he leaves the club with the utmost respect.

Given his occasionally sporadic form last season, now does look like a good time to let him leave the club, especially given the fee.

Tottenham are in the market for a couple of defenders this summer and Alderweireld departing will intensify that.

Spurs fans thank Alderweireld

Although he wasn’t at his best last season, that hasn’t stopped supporters waxing lyrical about his quality over the years.

will take some replacing not least because it leaves Tottenham desperately short at the back.

Photo by Mark Leech/Offside/Offside via Getty Images
Photo by Mark Leech/Offside/Offside via Getty Images

Eric Dier and Davinson Sanchez are the two centre-backs at the club and both of those players also struggled last season. Joe Rodon is also at the club but is deemed as one for the future.

Following his departure, Tottenham fans have taken to Twitter to thank their former defender who has now ended a six-year association with the North Londoners.

Here is what they had to say: