{"id":420832,"date":"2011-05-10T16:36:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T16:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/10\/tottenhams-giovani-dos-santos-aiming-to-become-one-of-the-worlds-best-after-regaining-form-on-loan\/"},"modified":"2011-05-10T16:36:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-10T16:36:00","slug":"tottenhams-giovani-dos-santos-aiming-to-become-one-of-the-worlds-best-after-regaining-form-on-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/10\/tottenhams-giovani-dos-santos-aiming-to-become-one-of-the-worlds-best-after-regaining-form-on-loan\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham&#8217;s Giovani Dos Santos aiming to become one of the world&#8217;s best after regaining form on loan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Shane Farrington<\/h3>\n<h4>10 May 2011 17:36:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"71.7890503373\">\n<div readability=\"15.6701030928\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Giovani Dos Santos of Tottenham Hotspur (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/106100\/106139_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Giovani Dos Santos of Tottenham Hotspur (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"41.8458177278\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/105\/tottenham\">Tottenham<\/a> attacker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/mexico\/11111\/gio-dos-santos\">Giovani Dos Santos<\/a> is hoping his current spell on loan at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/spain\/139\/racing-santander\">Racing Santander<\/a> will finally see his career head in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p>Despite impressing for Mexico in last summer&#8217;s World Cup, the forward failed to make an impact at White Hart Lane but he believes this was due to a lack of playing time given to him by boss Harry Redknapp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came back from the World Cup, played during pre-season and performed very well in several games, but yet again I wasn\u2019t given an opportunity,\u201d he told <em>fifa.com<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI trained hard and gave 100 per cent during the week because I wanted to convince him to give me more playing time, but at the end of the day it\u2019s his decision and it didn\u2019t go my way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Dos Santos, who turns 22 on Wednesday, still believes he possesses all the attributes required to become one of the world\u2019s best players.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cAt the moment I\u2019m trying to rediscover my best form, and I want to be back at the top of the world game in the not-too-distant future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s my goal and I\u2019m very focused on achieving it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The talented Mexican was shipped out by Spurs in January, and has impressed at the Spanish club by scoring five goals in 15 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cI\u2019m really happy with how things have gone in Santander, I think coming back to Spanish football has been crucial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is where I grew up as a player, where I learnt the game. I think that my contribution has been very good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m on top form and showing what I\u2019m capable of, and that for me was what really mattered when it came to choosing to join this team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>See the rest here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/05\/10\/2480220\/tottenhams-giovani-dos-santos-aiming-to-become-one-of-the-worlds-\" title=\"Tottenham's Giovani Dos Santos aiming to become one of the world's best after regaining form on loan\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tottenham&#8217;s Giovani Dos Santos aiming to become one of the world&#8217;s best after regaining form on loan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Shane Farrington 10 May 2011 17:36:00 Giovani Dos Santos of Tottenham Hotspur (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Tottenham attacker Giovani Dos Santos is hoping his current spell on loan at Racing Santander will finally see his career head in the right direction. Despite impressing for Mexico in last summer&#8217;s World Cup, the forward failed to make an impact at White Hart Lane but he believes this was due to a lack of playing time given to him by boss Harry Redknapp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-420832","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-politics"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tottenham&#039;s Giovani Dos Santos aiming to become one of the world&#039;s best after regaining form on loan - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/10\/tottenhams-giovani-dos-santos-aiming-to-become-one-of-the-worlds-best-after-regaining-form-on-loan\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Tottenham&#039;s Giovani Dos Santos aiming to become one of the world&#039;s best after regaining form on loan - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Shane Farrington 10 May 2011 17:36:00 Giovani Dos Santos of Tottenham Hotspur (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Tottenham attacker Giovani Dos Santos is hoping his current spell on loan at Racing Santander will finally see his career head in the right direction. 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