Tottenham great Ossie Ardiles believes the club will benefit from Giovani Lo Celso's Copa America success with Argentina.

The playmaker from Rosario featured regularly in the tournament and started in the quarter-final win against Ecuador, the semi-final against Colombia - where he came up against team-mate Davinson Sanchez - and the final against Brazil in the early hours of Sunday, where Angel Di Maria's goal secured a first major title for Argentina since 1993.

Ardiles told the club's website: “For this generation, especially Lionel Messi, this is huge for them.

“And Gio had a very good tournament.

“At the beginning he wasn't playing so much, but he ended one of the starters, and I'm very happy for him and that is very good news for Spurs as well because he will come back with a lot of confidence. This will mean a lot."

Ardiles also said: "The pace of the game in England is quicker, much more difficult, for example in South America, you have more time on the ball, more time to think, you don't get that in the Premier League.

“Having said that, Giovani has adjusted very well to the Premier League and in a lot of ways he's been unlucky, he had an injury when he first arrived playing for Argentina and later on, he had to deal with some tricky injuries. Fingers crossed, he will be important for us next season."