Sunderland striker Darren Bent insists his time at Tottenham Hotspur was a "horrible" period in his career.
The 25-year-old heads back to White Hart Lane for the first time since his acrimonious £10 million summer exit.
He feels he was never given the opportunity under Harry Redknapp to justify the £16 million fee paid to Charlton Athletic in July 2007, and he had to ditch Spurs to salvage his confidence.
Bent told The Sun: "It was horrible at Tottenham - people doubted me and my confidence took a battering.
"When you are not playing you're never going to make an impression."
The four-cap England international reached his lowest point in January this year when he missed at sitter in a 1-1 draw with Portsmouth - a chance Redknapp later claimed his wife Sandra would have tucked away.
He added: "It was a difficult period in my career, there were times I doubted myself.
"When people are levelling criticism at you it is not nice to take."
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The 25-year-old heads back to White Hart Lane for the first time since his acrimonious £10 million summer exit.
He feels he was never given the opportunity under Harry Redknapp to justify the £16 million fee paid to Charlton Athletic in July 2007, and he had to ditch Spurs to salvage his confidence.
Bent told The Sun: "It was horrible at Tottenham - people doubted me and my confidence took a battering.
"When you are not playing you're never going to make an impression."
The four-cap England international reached his lowest point in January this year when he missed at sitter in a 1-1 draw with Portsmouth - a chance Redknapp later claimed his wife Sandra would have tucked away.
He added: "It was a difficult period in my career, there were times I doubted myself.
"When people are levelling criticism at you it is not nice to take."
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