Journalist Pete O'Rourke reckons that Tottenham might regret the sale of Kyle Walker-Peters.

Despite being one of two senior right-backs at the club at the time, Walker-Peters signed for Southampton following a successful loan spell on the South Coast.

Why did Tottenham sell Walker-Peters?

Having come through the ranks at his boyhood club, Walker-Peters was given his first senior chance by Mauricio Pochettino, of which all but one of his 24 first-team appearances came under.

Following the departure of Kieran Trippier ahead of the 2019-2020 season, Walker-Peters started the season as Pochettino's first-choice right-back, although he wouldn't make another league appearance after suffering a hamstring injury in August, with his one and only outing under Jose Mourinho coming in a dead rubber Champions League game with Bayern Munich.

Therefore, despite Serge Aurier the only other right-back at the club, Walker-Peters was allowed to join Southampton on loan in January 2020.

And after quickly establishing himself as a regular under Ralph Hasenhuttl, he would make the permanent switch to St Mary's in a £12m deal at the end of the campaign.

But with Tottenham currently struggling badly at right wing-back right now, with neither Matt Doherty nor Emerson Royal doing the business, there's an argument that selling Walker-Peters was a mistake.

What did O'Rourke say about Walker-Peters?

He told GIVEMESPORT: "In hindsight, I'm sure there's a few regrets on Tottenham's side in regard to Walker-Peters, someone who came through the ranks and looked a good player but didn't get enough first-team opportunities under various different managers."

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Was it a mistake by Tottenham?

As O'Rourke alluded to, hindsight is a wonderful thing and with Spurs in desperate need of a new right-back, they could have done with Walker-Peters still being on their books.

However, at the time of his sale, he wasn't fancied by Mourinho and was therefore probably right to have been sold.

Furthermore, Aurier, who was directly involved in ten goals, was enjoying arguably the best of his four seasons at Spurs, while Japhet Tanganga was breaking into the first-team and had shown his ability to play at right-back with some fine displays in the FA Cup.

Therefore, while Walker-Peters' form and his performance against Spurs last week, wasn't a good look for Daniel Levy and co, selling him wasn't exactly the wrong decision.