{"id":295987,"date":"2023-12-04T20:24:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T20:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=295987"},"modified":"2023-12-04T20:24:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T20:24:41","slug":"james-maddison-claims-he-had-never-heard-of-one-of-his-team-mates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/james-maddison-claims-he-had-never-heard-of-one-of-his-team-mates\/","title":{"rendered":"James Maddison claims he had NEVER HEARD of one of his team-mates"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Tottenham star James Maddison reveals he had NEVER HEARD of one of his Spurs team-mates and had to &#8216;look him up on YouTube&#8217; to see if he was any good!<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Maddison has revealed that he had never heard of one of his Spurs team-mates\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He told Ben Foster that he &#8216;had to search his name into YouTube&#8217; before signing\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It&#8217;s wonderful, but we are baffled and bamboozled by what Big Ange is doing &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>James Maddison has revealed that he had never heard of one of his Tottenham team-mates ahead of signing for the club, and even had to search his name into YouTube &#8216;to see if he was any good&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder joined Spurs from relegated Leicester City in the summer transfer window and has had a fine start to life in the capital.<\/p>\n<p>Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s side sit fifth in the Premier League\u00a0table with Maddison and his team-mates performing above expectations<\/p>\n<p>Since the Australian&#8217;s arrival, he brought in 9 players during the summer transfer window to rebuild his squad after seeing Harry Kane depart.<\/p>\n<p>And Maddison has now revealed that he didn&#8217;t know who one of his fellow summer signings was and even had to watch his highlights on YouTube,<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/20\/78567945-12824733-image-a-81_1701720067304.jpg\" height=\"678\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>James Maddison has revealed that he had never heard of one of his Tottenham team-mates before signing for the club<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/20\/78567947-12824733-image-a-82_1701720069886.jpg\" height=\"416\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The England international said he\u00a0even had to search his name into YouTube &#8216;to see if he was any good&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/04\/20\/78567969-12824733-image-a-83_1701720140289.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Maddison joked that he was impressed with<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Chatting to former Premier League goalkeeper Ben Foster\u00a0on Amazon Prime Video, Maddison discussed the signing of goalkeeper\u00a0Guglielmo Vicario, who joined from Empoli.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We signed him. I hadn&#8217;t obviously signed yet,&#8217; Maddison remembered. &#8216;I was like &#8216;who is he?&#8217; kind of thing. I&#8217;d never heard of him.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder continued to reveal that he took to watching YouTube highlights of his soon-to-be team-mate before he moved to Spurs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m in the back of the car on his YouTube Vicario highlights to see if he was any good.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Maddison joked that he was impressed with the Italian&#8217;s skill from the YouTube compilation that he watched, saying:\u00a0&#8216;They were alright to be fair. Brilliant shot stopper!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The England international finalised by discussing how Vicario has helped him improve his game this season, and how the pair are learning from each other.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That&#8217;s the one thing&#8230; I think he&#8217;s hard to score past.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Sometimes we&#8217;ll practice penalties and shooting in training, I want him in goal because he&#8217;s the hardest to score past,&#8217; he concluded\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12824733\/Tottenham-James-Maddison-team-mate-Premier-League-YouTube.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham star James Maddison reveals he had NEVER HEARD of one of his Spurs team-mates and had to &#8216;look him<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295986,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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