If Tottenham Hotspur fans are granted one wish in the transfer window, what would that be? Signing Gareth Bale back from Real Madrid? Signing a back-up for Harry Kane?
I won’t be surprised if many of them say that their biggest wish was to see Moussa Sissoko leave the club in this transfer window. But, it looks like those fans will have to wait a little longer to get their wish fulfilled. Sissoko is staying at the club this summer, as claimed by the midfielder during an Instagram live video (h/t Football London).
The French midfielder arrived for a then club-record deal of £30million on the deadline day last summer from Newcastle United. However, he has failed to assert himself and has become enemy number one for the fans.
All through the summer, he was linked with an exit as reports of interest from Turkey intensified. Trabzonspor eyed a loan move for the player and although Spurs favoured an outright sale, it was thought that the midfielder would make a move away.
Even a surprise move to Italian Champions Juventus was mentioned but it now looks like his immediate future is with Tottenham.
It appears that Moussa Sissoko will remain a Spurs player (pic from @NeilBITK). He's going nowhere. pic.twitter.com/DtiUPv1xbe
— Alasdair Gold (@AlasdairGold) August 28, 2017
Should We Give Him Another Chance?
To be fair to Sissoko, the weight of being the club record buy weighed heavy on his shoulders. There was pressure on him to perform at the same level as he did for France in the Euros, which triggered our interest in the first place.
Now with the arrival of Davinson Sanchez from Ajax for £42million, Sissoko is no longer the club’s record signing. This should ease some pressure and eyeballs on him, although the midfielder, who is on £95,000-a-week wages, would be under constant fan vigilance.
Does he deserve another chance? Settling down at a club is never easy and we have seen many instances in the past where top players struggled in their first season. There is never a doubt about his ability and he just needs a string of good performances to get his mojo back.
There is merit in the argument that he doesn’t deserve another chance but I feel that he deserves to be given a fair deal without too much glare. With lesser scrutiny, he could probably rediscover his touch. Let’s hope so!
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Sissoko is talented , has potential, and could make a major contribution. I have no understanding of fans who despise a player because Levy paid an excessive fee. The amount of negativity around some of our back up players is enormous. With fans like these- who needs detractors. Spurs have the strongest, deepest team that they have ever had.
What rubbish!
If you had played football at a good level or did your homework on shitsoko before you’d of seen it had nothing to do with the fee! Just his ability over a period of time in england.
Enough said, it’s fans like you who would drag our team down by giving chances purely from a sentimental view and not from his ability of performances, get real!
I always give a player time and support but sissoko is pants! He looks so sluggish and basically amateurish. As for potential, he’s 28!!! He’s wages does him or us no favours so for me he has to go.
i think you are right and agree with you that he should be given another opportunity.
sissoko is the only player, may be together with son, the latter at an inferior degree, who can take on a defence by himself and score or assist someone to score.
what is needed is that the fans and poche be able to open the way for him to do so.
and it will be lightning.
but his main obstacle is poche himself.
poche doesnt allow someone to oppose him in any way whatsoever, if not he is a doomed player at spurs
Look. He’s staying. And the best thing that can happen is that he gives his all whenever and wherever he plays! If not to start repaying some of that £30m fee, then to at least show the football world and his country, plus any potential suitors, that he can still do it at the top level ..even if only sometimes. We’d all love to be proved wrong by this strange and seemingly uncaring and lazy player ..and I’m sure deep down he’d love to show the Spurs fans what he can do. It’s up to Poch, and Sissoko’s own desire to be a dignified footballer ..someone who want the accolades and plaudits of those who count on him! Either that, or he’s just a charlatan rat drawing huge money under false pretences.