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Spurs fans are getting ridiculously excited after this Erik Lamela stunner

Published 17:50 5 Aug 2016 BST

Tom Victor
Spurs fans are getting ridiculously excited after this Erik Lamela stunner

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Erik Lamela was the poster-boy for Tottenham squandering the Gareth Bale money for much of his first season in London.

The Argentine cost a club-record £35m from Roma after a fine goalscoring season in the Italian capital, but failed to scale the same heights at White Hart Lane. There was talk of the attacking midfielder returning to the continent, but Mauricio Pochettino found a solution - he turned him into a snide bastard of a defensive winger, and what a snide bastard he has become of late. https://twitter.com/robbro7/status/706907420270989312 Lamela played a huge role in Spurs' title challenge last season, but some fans have missed his attacking flair. Not to worry, though, as he showed us he can still do that stuff too with this spectacular strike in a pre-season friendly against Internazionale. https://twitter.com/SpursOfficial/status/761591456880484352 If Spurs can combine the cynical tackling with the Roma-era flair, they've got themselves one hell of a player, and don't their fans know it. https://twitter.com/JamesMahoney10/status/761592664261353473 https://twitter.com/HerbMcDerb/status/761592614571343872 https://twitter.com/Chazzli/status/761592459453403137 https://twitter.com/spursfantristan/status/761592020498575360 Even supporters of other clubs are starting to get a little excited. It might still be pre-season, but it's impossible to ignore strikes like this altogether. https://twitter.com/KloppsGang/status/761592785921269760 https://twitter.com/Pranav_CFC/status/761592734595547136 And you know the best thing about that goal? It's still not close to his best in a Tottenham shirt. That honour goes to this effort against Asteras in the 2014/15 Europa League, which we're sure you remember very well. https://twitter.com/enunabaldosa/status/739969513739943936
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Spurs fans are getting ridiculously excited after this Erik Lamela stunner