Swansea City boss Garry Monk has no doubts over the quality of Gylfi Sigurdsson.
He made both goals against Newcastle on Saturday as part an outstanding all-round performance.
The assists put him just one behind Chelsea's Cesc Fabregas who leads the way with seven.
Monk said: "Gylfi is a top six player without a doubt, but he wanted to come and get regular football and be somewhere where he is comfortable and he enjoys.
"We allow him to express himself but he is a very good worker as well. That's the bit he doesn't get credit for. He has got the assists but the amount of work rate he does is infectious.
"If you have got someone in your team doing it and you're next to him then you're thinking I have to put in a shift in. That's what we try to promote.
"At Spurs they had a lot of players for a lot of positions and good quality players. I knew what quality he had and had played with him and seen it first-hand. But he has come back a better player.
"Spurs improved him with the game time he had there and training with that type of player."
