James Maddison believes playing for Tottenham Hotspur is helping him get the credit deserves.
Maddison, 26, who joined the Lilywhites from Leicester City in the summer for a reported £40 million, has been a revelation under Ange Postecoglou.
Despite Harry Kane moving to Bayern Munich, Spurs are on course to have one of their best-ever Premier League seasons after sitting top after eight game weeks.
And Maddison feels the pressures that come with playing for a traditional ‘top six’ club are helping his performances get the attention they deserve.
The Englishman told Men In Blazers: “What I would say is you definitely get more praise; people notice more because you’re at a big football club.
“There’s performances that I’ve played at Tottenham which have been spoken about as a really, really good performance, when actually, I’ve come off and I’m thinking I was alright. I was okay, I could’ve been a lot better.
“Whereas, no disrespect to a team like Leicester, a smaller club in terms of the Premier League and stature, you come off and you think you’ve played really well and had a really good game, and it doesn’t get spoken about as much, just because Tottenham’s a bigger team at the right end of the Premier League.
“That’s happened a couple of times this season. There was one game I can’t remember, maybe even got man of the match and I was just like, there was no chance I was man of the match then. But I’ll take it, it’ll still go on the mantlepiece.”
He added: “I feel like I’m arguably playing the best football I’ve played to be fair. I’m at an age now where I’m experienced. I’ve played a lot of football matches now, come through the lower leagues in my early career.
“So I’ve played a lot of football. I’ve seen a lot of stuff. I’m still only 26. Got a long way to go, but I’d probably say, yeah I’m in the form of my career.”