Saturday, 23rd November, 2013
Jan Vertonghen has explained that Belgium coach Marc Wilmots sees him as a left-back, despite his insistence that he is a centre-back.
The Tottenham Hotspur defender turned out as a centre-back at former club Ajax and expected to play the same role at White Hart Lane.
But Spurs soon noticed that Vertonghen could be deployed as left-back when needed and the Belgian has regularly featured in that role.
And he is now pigeonholed into that role at international level too with his country.
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"Red Devils coach Marc Wilmots just sees me as a left-back", Vertonghen told Sporting Telenet.
"[Vincent] Kompany, [Thomas] Vermaelen, [Daniel] Van Buyten and [Toby] Alderweireld are all before me in the pecking order", he continued.
"I understand it because I have not done too badly in the left-back position."
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