‘On fire’: Pundit says £25m Tottenham player could be one of the best in the Premier League

Tottenham Hotspur have found something resembling a bit of form this season after a patchy start to the campaign.

Indeed, Spurs have won seven of their last eight games in all competitions now, and things are looking up for the north London club.

It’s no coincidence that Tottenham’s good run of form has come at the same time as a purple patch for Dejan Kulusevski.

Kulusevski has been excellent in his newfound central position in recent weeks, and speaking on the Optus Sport Football Podcast, Mark Schwarzer has made quite the claim about the £25m man.

Indeed, Schwarzer says that Kulusevski will end up in the Team of the Season when all is said and done in the Premier League this year.

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Dejan Kulusevski tipped for Team of the Season

Schwarzer shared a prediction about Kulusevski this term.

The pundit thinks that Kulusevski will make the Team of the Season in the Premier League, and he tipped him to put in another solid performance against Crystal Palace this weekend.

“Right. My hot take for this week is Dejan Kulusevski is going to be in the team of the season. And we’ll back it up with another great performance against Crystal Palace,” Schwarzer said.

“He’s absolutely on fire. He’s talked about it since he’s been at Spurs, that he wants to play more central. And he’s a guy that I look he on the weekend, he played in a in a combination of positions, predominantly probably was out wide.

“And he scores the goal from actually coming in from the right hand side, cutting inside. That’s what he does really, really well. So I think he is one of the in form players at the moment in the Premier League.

“And if he continues the form, and I think he will, because I just think he’s finding that he’s found the love.”

Dejan Kulusevski’s stats in midfield

Kulusevski has been brilliant since moving into that more central role, and that is now his natural position.

With Brennan Johnson shining down the right wing, Kulusevski is now at home in the centre of the park, and his stats show just how effective he is in that position.

There’s no question about it, Kulusevski is better centrally, and that spells bad news for James Maddison.

Maddison wasn’t happy when he was substituted against West Ham last week, and that’s because he knows his position is under threat.

Kulusevski is looking sharper than ever before, and Maddison has a serious uphill battle on his hands if he wants to get back into this Spurs team.

Tottenham could really kick on now if they can find a settled XI that utilises Kulusevski to the best of his ability in the middle of the park and allows him to feed the likes of Heung-Min Son, Brennan Johnson and Dominic Solanke.

Ange Postecoglou’s side will soon be knocking on the door of the top four if they continue to play as they have been.