“The way the game is, players come to a football club with baggage. Whether that's positive or negative, they come to a new club with some luggage. Tony's baggage over the last four or five years has been not playing so many games at Tottenham.”

6-Feb-2009, Hull Daily Mail
Anthony Gardner's suitcase struggled to break into the Tottenham first team.

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