Remember David Bentley? That’s a name that should take you back. Back in 2008, Bentley was one of the hottest names in English football after a hot streak at Blackburn Rovers that saw him score 8 goals and tally 13 assists in 2007-2008. He was considered one of the best young footballers in England, and in the summer of ‘08 Tottenham snapped him up for what was then a fairly astronomical fee of £15m.
Well, to say Bentley flamed out would be putting it mildly. He scored exactly two goals in three seasons (though to be fair one of them was this goal in a North London Derby that ended up 4-4 and that should cement his place in Spurs lore forever).
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Bentley was sent out on loan for a few seasons, was released by Spurs in 2013, and eventually retired from football in 2014. Now he’s back — in a video posted on his personal Instagram, Bentley announced that he was just coming out of a meeting with Roberto De Zerbi and that he’s apparently been hired as Tottenham’s new “Positivity Coach” and Player Liason.
