Tottenham defender Serge Aurier is 'equal' to Dani Alves

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Vaishali Bhardwaj6 October 2017

Tottenham defender Serge Aurier is on the same level as Paris Saint-Germain's Dani Alves, according to the Ivorian's former teammate Thomas Meunier.

Spurs signed right-back Aurier for a fee of about £23m from French giants PSG on transfer deadline day, a month after the Ligue 1 outfit had recruited Alves on a free transfer.

Aurier subsequently started Tottenham's Champions League win over Borussia Dortmund before being handed his first Premier League start in the London derby clash with West Ham in late September.

His main competitor for the right-back spot at Spurs, Kieran Trippier, afterwards hailed Aurier as a "great signing" and Meunier - who also had to compete with the Ivory Coast international at PSG - believes his former teammate is on par with Alves.

"For me, Serge and Dani are equal," Belgium international Meunier told L'Equipe. "Dani has experience and he is a leader on the pitch."

Despite Aurier departing PSG this summer, Meunier still has competition for a right-back starting berth in the form of Alves.

And speaking about competition for places in the French capital, Meunier - who only arrived at PSG from Club Brugge in the summer of 2016 - added: "It [becoming a regular] takes a bit of luck sometimes.

"I see the choices of the coach. I just have to be patient for now, because I'm not the priority.

"But I will do everything to complicate the choices as much as possible when I play. I do what I can and I usually play good matches, which is important for the technical staff because they know they can count on me, but they already knew that last season."

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