Footage shows James Maddison’s reaction after receiving unwanted reward from Tottenham players

Tottenham and awards don’t usually go well together, so when James Maddison received an unwanted one, the smile quickly disappeared from his face.

Tottenham’s social team handed out a series of awards to the players as they headed to training, some including best haired, worst dressed and most addicted to their phones.

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Emerson Royal won the Worst Dressed award while Radu Dragusin won the Best Hairstyle award, after voting for himself.

While some took their jokey awards on the chin, Maddison didn’t seem too happy to receive her individual award – Greatest Diva.

After receiving the award in the foyer of Tottenham’s training center, he said: “I’m going to need to know who voted for this!”

And the smoke continued at the end of training, the midfielder was still angry in the dressing room, or at least trying to pretend he wasn’t…

As he walked past his teammates in the locker room, Maddison said: “Sorry guys, I’m going to stop being a diva.”

It sparked a reaction from his teammates, who voted him the biggest diva as part of the awards ceremony, and someone can be heard asking the England international what he thought of his victory.

“Cop,” Maddison replied, unbuckling her boots. “No one wanted to vote for the biggest divas, because they are divas.”

Another voice was then heard saying: “Your reaction makes you want a diva. »

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Maddison was seen laughing, along with his teammates, but while the former Leicester star may be something of a diva in the dressing room, he proved he can be a big success on the pitch.

On Wednesday, he opened the scoring against Newcastle in a post-season friendly in Melbourne before Tottenham ultimately lost on penalties after Alexander Isak’s equalizer.

After signing for Spurs in the summer, the 27-year-old was immediately named one of the club’s ‘captains’ under Ange Postecoglou.

Although injuries delayed his debut campaign, he still contributed four goals and nine assists in 28 Premier League appearances for Tottenham.

His arrival also helped Tottenham completely change tactics from the previous season under defensive-minded Antonio Conte to a more attacking style under Postecoglou.

Maddison’s impact helped Spurs finish fifth in the Premier League, meaning they will play in the Europa League next season.

It could have been a poor end to the year for the north London side, but it remains an improvement on their eighth-place finish last campaign.