Gallery: The top five French stars who have played for Spurs

Tottenham does not necessarily have a large connection to French football. Just 13 Frenchmen have played for the club.

But with Tottenham recently capturing the signature of Tanguy Ndombele (BBC), the figure of 13 can now be increased to 14, with Ndombele being the 14th Frenchman to put on a Spurs shirt.

Spurs signed the now-former Lyon midfielder for a club record initial fee of £53.8m (BBC). The transfer became the Club’s second of the season following the announcement of Jack Clarke earlier on the same day.

Spurs had waited over 500 days for any transfer activity, and they finally got two in one day.

With the announcement of Ndombele joining Spurs, we list our top 5 best French players to play for the club, with the exception of Ndo...