The Athletic have revealed that after signing new contracts at Tottenham Hotspur earlier this season, both Destiny Udogie and Pape Matar Sarr currently earn around £50k per week at the club.

Coming into the season, there were some doubts about whether Udogie could play the inverted full-back role in Ange Postecoglou’s system.

Not only was the left-back relatively inexperienced but he had exclusively played as a wing-back at Udinese, which was the position he was signed to play at Spurs under Antonio Conte.

Meanwhile, Sarr had hardly got a look-in under Conte last season, with the likes of Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Rodrigo Bentancur, Oliver Skipp and Yves Bissouma being ahead of the Senegalese star in the pecking order.
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Udogie and Sarr become key players for Tottenham

However, right from the first game under Postecoglou, the left-back and the midfielder have both been indispensable parts of the Spurs side.

The Italian has arguably been up there with the best left-backs in the Premier League this season, looking increasingly comfortable in the inverted full-back role.

Meanwhile, Sarr has also become a vital cog of the new-look Tottenham side, with his engine in the middle of the park proving a huge asset for the side.

Both players have unsurprisingly been rewarded with new deals, with Udogie signing a contract until 2030 back in December and Sarr also ...