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title: "Tottenham Hotspur: Fans react to club post about Fernando Llorente"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-hotspur-fans-react-to-club-post-about-fernando-llorente/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Jack Maleham"
section: "Premier League"
published: "2020-02-26T21:10:53Z"
modified: "2020-02-26T21:10:53Z"
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# Tottenham Hotspur: Fans react to club post about Fernando Llorente

**Tottenham Hotspur sent former striker Fernando Llorente a birthday message on Wednesday as the Spaniard turned 35 ([@SpursOfficial](https://twitter.com/SpursOfficial/status/1232610003539808259)).**

The 6’4″ frontman played for Spurs between 2017 and 2019 after joining from Swansea City for a reported £12.1m fee ([Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11675/11013439/fernando-llorente-joins-tottenham-from-swansea)). In his time at the club, he made 66 appearances in all competitions, scoring 13 goals and racking up six assists ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fernando-llorente/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/35564)).

He certainly provided the north London club with some memorable moments, most notably when he scored a crucial goal in their Champions League quarter-final tie against Manchester City last season which sent them into the last four ([BT Sport](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=insYFfPrrFo)).

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Despite that contribution he was released by Tottenham last summer and he went on to join Serie A outfit Napoli, where he has scored four times this term ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fernando-llorente/leistungsdaten/spieler/35564)).

He was actually linked with a return to Spurs in January after it was confirmed that Harry Kane would be out for a while with an injury ([La Gazzetta dello Sport](https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie-A/Napoli/13-01-2020/napoli-llorente-younes-la-valigia-pronta-36059945445.shtml)), but a move never materialised. However, it seems that plenty of their supporters wish they had re-signed the Spaniard, whilst others believe they should never have let him go in the first place.

Here is what some had to say…

> We should have at least gotten him back in January.
>
> — bouf\_daddy (@classy\_jay) [February 26, 2020](https://twitter.com/classy_jay/status/1232623081086226432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Bring him home ☹️
>
> — ⭐️sonaldo⭐️ (@SonTwoThree) [February 26, 2020](https://twitter.com/SonTwoThree/status/1232611329032278016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Should’ve signed him in january 😢
>
> — 😈 / Dier Propaganda (@sacramentoszn) [February 26, 2020](https://twitter.com/sacramentoszn/status/1232610378141573121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Should have brought him back in January and we would have more moments
>
> — Alessio 🇮🇹 (@THFCAlessio) [February 26, 2020](https://twitter.com/THFCAlessio/status/1232612769960251393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Should have come back in jan bloody paying for it now
>
> — mark walters-davies (@MarkCarno7) [February 26, 2020](https://twitter.com/MarkCarno7/status/1232626939518767105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Why didn’t we keep him! Ridiculous
>
> — Stevens (@zStevens27) [February 26, 2020](https://twitter.com/zStevens27/status/1232616379674775552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> He should of never of left. Massive mistake by the club
>
> — Marc B@ker (@fourth\_QB) [February 26, 2020](https://twitter.com/fourth_QB/status/1232610936130801665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Spurs fans, did your club make a mistake in allowing Fernando Llorente to leave last summer? Let us know below…***