The phrase “like a new signing” might well seem like a particularly cruel joke for Tottenham fans this season given their fruitless summer transfer campaign, but in the case of Lucas Moura it’s actually true.
Ahead of Saturday's meeting with early pacesetters Liverpool he has been their standout individual, and collected the Premier League’s first Player of the Month award for the season. It was well deserved.
In August, he scored his first Premier League goal for Spurs – a lovely left-footed shot at Wembley in a 3-1 win against Fulham – and added two more goals in the destruction of Manchester United at Old Trafford.