A regular starter throughout last season under every manager at Tottenham, the belief was Pierre-Emile Højbjerg would continue on that trajectory this season.
However, the arrival of Ange Postecoglou put a stop to that, with the new Spurs manager only relying on the midfielder as someone to bring off the bench in the Premier League, effectively dropping him from the starting line up.
This is obviously frustrating for the Tottenham player, who used the current international break to his advantage, clearing his head and excelling for his country, which some in Denmark are thrilled about, as relayed by Bold.dk.
The latest praise comes from Lasse Fosgaard, who spoke on the Lige På podcast, about the Denmark hero, who scored the winner in the 1-0 win over Finland at the weekend.
Despite his ups and downs at Tottenham of late, there is little to criticise, at least on the pitch, about the midfielder.
He said: “He’s awesome. He’s just emotions and I think he’s everything that people identify with. It’s totally characteristic of the Danish national team that Pierre-Emile is the one who gets things going. I know that within the team, Kjær and Schmeichel are definitely the leaders, but I think that if you have to have a front figure for the people of the Danish national team, it would be the nerve and flame of it, Pierre-Emile.
“He fights like hell every single time he puts on the Danish national team shirt, whether it’s against San Marino, or whether it’s against France or whoever in a World Cup final. You can’t criticise his work effort.”
The 28-year-old had been linked with a move away from Tottenham all summer, with Atlético Madrid reportedly very interested in signing the Denmark international.
However, that never happened, and Højbjerg is now faced with a season potentially spent mostly on the bench, as the first four Premier League games of the campaign have seen him be on the pitch for a mere 66 minutes.
He also did play the full 90 minutes against Fulham in the EFL Cup, which Tottenham then went on to lose on penalties.
