Former Tottenham Hotspur striker Darren Bent has heaped praise on Jose Mourinho for bringing the best out of Serge Aurier.
Serge Aurier has impressed for Spurs as of late and Darren Bent credits the player’s development to club boss Jose Mourinho.
The Ivory Coast captain was one of the stars of the game when Spurs thrashed United with a 6-1 scoreline.
The encounter was the first league start for Aurier this season and he recorded a goal and an assist in that fixture.
He was reportedly linked with moves to AC Milan and Spartak Moscow this summer. The arrival of Matt Doherty from Wolves was expected to see him struggle for game-time but the 27-year-old is proving to be worthy of a starting berth.
Bent was among the figures who criticized Aurier last season but the ex-Spurs man now has praise for the defender.
“I spoke about it last season so many times about how many goals he costs Spurs with his positional sense,” Bent told Football Insider.
“He’s come back this season and to be fair I think he’s done alright, he’s done OK. He’s scored a couple of goals, he’s been quite solid.”
“We know that he’s got all the attributes. I thought against United he was very good, he defended well, got forward and got a good goal.”
“Mourinho for whatever reason is getting the right tune out of some of these players that maybe we thought weren’t good enough.”
“He’s gone ‘you know what, I quite like them, they fit into my system very, very well”
“So you’ve got to take your hat off to Mourinho, Serge Aurier has been doing very, very well and was superb against United.”
The Spurs man is in line to make his second start of the season when Spurs take on West Ham at the weekend.
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