{"id":1138189,"date":"2020-03-25T10:34:07","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T10:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1138189"},"modified":"2020-03-25T10:34:07","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T10:34:07","slug":"leeds-news-spurs-comparison-gary-neville","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/leeds-news-spurs-comparison-gary-neville\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Spurs are the modern equivalent of Leeds, according to Gary Neville"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gary Neville has labelled Tottenham the “modern equivalent” of the impressive Leeds United side of the early 2000s.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Much like Leeds in the early years of the new millennium, Spurs have played an acclaimed style of football and possessed a number of high-quality players in recent years.<\/p>\n

How good were Leeds Utd in the early 2000s? Five things to know…<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  • Between 1999 and 2002, Leeds finished in the top five of the Premier League every year.<\/li>\n
  • Their best position during that period was third in the 1999\/00 season.<\/li>\n
  • In 2001\/02, David O’Leary led the Yorkshiremen to the Champions League semi-finals.<\/li>\n
  • But financial troubles soon took their toll and Leeds were eventually relegated to the third-tier.<\/li>\n
  • They are now on the verge of a Premier League return but haven’t won a major trophy for 28 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n