Gylfi Sigurdsson is ready to take his fine form to old club Tottenham and show his former supporters what they are missing.
That is the view of Swansea first-team coach Alan Curtis, who feels the Icelandic international is flourishing in the number 10 role he never nailed down at White Hart Lane.
Sigurdsson made 85 appearances in his two years at Spurs between 2012 and 2014, but nearly half of those were from the bench and most of them came out wide rather than in his favoured central role behind the main striker.
It is from that position which Sigurdsson has flourished in his second spell at Swansea over the last 18 months, particularly in the last seven games where he has scored five goals in the Welsh club's battle for Barclays Premier League survival.
"Players will always deny it, but there's always an element of wanting to go back to your old club and beat them," Curtis said ahead of Swansea's visit to Spurs on Sunday.
"We have Wayne Routledge and Kyle Naughton as well. Going back to an old club is special.
"I think when Gylfi was at Spurs, they tended to play him wide on the right quite a lot.
"That's down to the manager's decision, and of course it depends on what competition you have in the squad.
"They had a lot of good players there at the time.
"But Gylfi is better in that number 10 role, as a central attacking midfielder."
Swansea have only lost once in four games under new head coach Francesco Guidolin - the 1-0 home defeat to Southampton in their last outing two weeks ago.
But they remain just three points above the drop zone and a worrying lack of goals threatens their top-flight status after five seasons among the elite of English football.
Swansea have scored 24 goals in their 26 games and only bottom club Aston Villa have managed fewer.
Guidolin spent £8million in January to sign his fellow Italian Alberto Paloschi from Chievo, but the former Milan striker has yet to score in his three Swansea appearances.
"We brought Alberto in to score but the responsibility lies with the team," said Curtis.
"We need to spread it out as we've lacked something since Wilfried (Bony) left the club.
"Alberto wasn't brought in to be the main man but to make a contribution and we need to spread it out, like set-pieces.
"He's a new striker we've paid money for, but scoring goals is a collective responsibility."
The trip to north London looks a daunting one for Swansea with second-placed Spurs challenging for the title and having won five league games in a row.
Moreover, Swansea have never beaten Spurs in the Premier League, drawing two and losing seven of their nine meetings.
"We will probably need to defend for long periods, and maybe we will be starved of the ball," said Curtis.
"Everybody will write us off, and Spurs have beaten far better sides than us this season.
"But we showed in the home game (2-2 draw) that we can play well against them, and I think teams are still wary of us."
Source: PA
