Yves Bissouma is almost certainly on his way out of Tottenham Hotspur. His contract expires in the summer, and he hasn’t played a minute so far this season. He was recently caught inhaling laughing gas (nitrous oxide) and that forced him to make a public apology where he admitted a “severe lack of judgement.”
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He was caught doing the same thing last season, so Bissouma has apparently not learned any lessons. Now he’s suspended by the club, with manager Thomas Frank saying on Monday:
“It’s an internal matter that we’re dealing with at the moment, and when we have dealt with that, then I will have a comment on it.”
The same press conference saw Frank provide an update on the Dejan Kulusevski’s knee injury: “Yeah, as I said, I will confirm when he’s available for the squad. It’s part of the recovery. There’s a plan for everything.”
So Kulusevski is getting closer towards a return, but we don’t really when.
And then finally, Brennan Johnson missed out on the 3-0 win over Slavia Praha yesterday, due to an unspecified knock. Frank described him as “touch and go,” before the UCL match, so he’s likely a 50/50 proposition for this weekend as well.
We’ll be back with a second edition of Tottenham Team News for this match.
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