Tottenham Hotspur have suspended considered one of their first-team stars after a video emerged of the alleged participant inhaling nitrous oxide.
Spurs, who start their 2024/25 Premier League marketing campaign with a visit to Leicester Metropolis on Monday, say the participant in query will miss only one recreation after a video was leaked on-line. The 27-year-old has since apologised for a “extreme lack of judgement” given the “well being dangers concerned”.
Within the UK, nitrous oxide, generally known as laughing gasoline or nos, is categorised as a Class C drug. Since 2023, utilizing it recreationally has been unlawful, with a most two-year jail sentence.
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“He has obligations,” supervisor Postecoglou spoke following the interior suspension Yves Bissouma will now serve. “He has obligations to the membership, he has obligations to his teammates, he has obligations to supporters and everybody related to the membership and he is failed in these duties. There’s bought to be sanctions for that.
“He will not be obtainable for Monday. We have suspended him from Monday’s recreation. Past that, there’s some belief constructing that has to occur between Biss and me, and Biss and the group. That is what he must work laborious at any further, to win that again.
“That is bought nothing to do with one recreation. He could also be suspended for one recreation however he has to earn that. The door is open for him and hopefully we may help him to grasp that the selections he makes impacts extra than simply him and permits him to make higher choices transferring ahead.”
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Yves Bissouma will miss Tottenham’s opening recreation of the season towards Leicester Metropolis (Picture credit score: Visionhaus/Getty Photographs)
Bissouma performed 28 instances for the Lilywhites final season, beginning 26 video games within the Premier League. Postecoglou additionally cleared up what the Mali worldwide should now do to be able to power his means again into his plans.
“Behaviour, mate. It’s fairly easy,” mentioned the Greek-born Australian. “It’s him making higher selections transferring ahead and behavior. He’s clearly dissatisfied and he was very apologetic, not simply to me however to the membership and to everybody concerned. However that’s simply the primary a part of the method, the following half is behaviour now.
“Ensuring that he does the issues he must do, like for all of us. All of us make errors. It’s how you discover your means again from these errors and what you do is way extra necessary than what you say.”
Tottenham begin their season towards Leicester (Picture credit score: Alamy)
