Gio in Golden Form

Giovani Dos Santos, Tottenham's forgotten man, was today crowned Player of the Gold Cup, the Southern American version of the European Championships.

After he won a penalty and scored a goal in a five-goal demolition of the USA in the final, he crowed:

'I am personally very happy, I felt I was getting better and improving throughout the tournament'.

He also scored in the qurater-final and cooly slotted home his sode's second penalty in their shootout semi-final victory.

He will now return to Tottenham, looking to win a place in the first team, with Bent leaving, Lennon out of form and doubts hanging over Roman Pavlyuchenko's future.

Harry Redknapp has been very reluctant to play the young Mexican - and even sent him on loan to Ipswich Town at the end of the last season. But his irresistible form will be hard to ignore, and as a versatile attacking talent who can slot in on the left flank, up front on 'in the hole', he will fancy seeing more Premier League action this year.