‘Legend’ is often branded around like it’s nothing in this era of football, but for Tottenham fans, Jimmy Greaves is the living embodiment of the word.
Our all-time record goalscorer turns 80 today.
🎉 Happy birthday, @jimmy_greaves! #THFC ⚪️ #COYS pic.twitter.com/5EDNG6jqyH
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) February 20, 2020
The Spurs and England icon is often regarded as one of the finest goalscorers to ever play the game, with Greaves being part of the 1966 squad that lifted the World Cup on home soil as well as remaining Tottenham’s all-time leading goalscorer with an astonishing 266 goals in 379 appearances for the north London club.
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And with the great man turning 80-years-old today, plenty of Tottenham fans have been turning to social media to plead with Spurs to get Greaves a statue outside the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for his accomplishments for both the club and football as a whole in England.
Here’s what plenty of Tottenham fans had to say on Twitter about Greaves getting a statue…
One word. Statue
— Manny (@Mannythfc) February 20, 2020
Why not having a statue of him? #Legend #COYS
— Allan Vestergård Matyla Freyborg (@Freye74) February 20, 2020
Get him a statue for his birthday
— Alfie (@FtblMoura) February 20, 2020
Give the man a statue
— ⚪️ (@thfcmourinho_) February 20, 2020
Statue
Statue
Statue
— Shaney (@shane87654) February 20, 2020
3 things
1: Happy birthday you legend
2: Make the Queen knight this legend
3: Get him a statue— Jack⚽️💎 (@JackCarterthfc) February 20, 2020
Greaves was honoured last night at Tottenham’s Champions League game against RB Leipzig.