Mauricio Pochettino’s Tottenham have made a great start to the new season as they look to challenge for the Premier League title once again.

Spurs have won five of their opening eight league games and drawn the other three, leaving them as the only unbeaten side left in the top three divisions of English football.

Dele Alli’s late goal at West Brom on Saturday preserved that unbeaten start, which included a mightily impressive 2-0 win over Manchester City earlier this month. Pochettino’s men currently sit third in the table, just a point behind City and North London rivals Arsenal, and travel to Bournemouth on Saturday in a bid to go top of the table.

Spurs have also made a solid start to their Champions League campaign, bouncing back from their frustrating 2-1 defeat to Monaco admirably by winning at CSKA Moscow and drawing at Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday night.

Nevertheless, there are a few Spurs players that maybe haven’t lived up to the billing at times in the last few seasons, so here are THREE Tottenham players who are overrated…

Moussa Sissoko

In one of the oddest deadline day transfers in a long time, Moussa Sissoko left Sky Bet Championship side Newcastle United for Tottenham in a deal worth £30 million.

This was all after some decent performances from the Frenchman during the European Championships, yet £30 million is a lot of money for a player who scored once for the Magpies in their relegation campaign last time out.

There were question marks about the move, and those question marks still remain a few months into the season, with Sissoko doing little to pay back that price tag.

Nabil Bentaleb

A lot of people were raving about Nabil Bentaleb’s ability in the midfield for Tottenham, and many suggested that he was one of the key assets to their progression.

Yet, a few years down the line, and the Algerian international is nothing more than a squad-player at Spurs, who occasionally appeared in the Premier League and Europa League last season. He’s now been farmed out on loan to Schalke.

Although a fans favourite at White Hart Lane, the 21-year-old showed signs of his potential, but was never really as good as people made out.

Erik Lamela

A potentially controversial choice, but if you look at Erik Lamela’s contributions to the Tottenham front line since joining in 2013, it doesn’t make for great reading.

Just eight Premier League goals from someone who cost over £25 million is just not good enough. He might have the tricks and the skills that fans love to see, but he’s got to do more in the final third to warrant his place and the price tag.

There was so much hype about his arrival in the Premier League and, although there are signs that he has settled into English football in recent months, Lamela is a player who should be producing a lot more in the final third.