Yves Bissouma’s first look of the season lasted simply six minutes after he was pressured off with harm.
The 29-year-old got here on within the 66th minute of Mali’s World Cup qualifier towards Madagascar on the Stade Modibo Keita.
But it surely quickly resulted in heartbreak for the Tottenham Hotspur outcast.
How did Bissouma get injured?
Seconds after he entered the competition, Bissouma was hacked down by Madagascar’s Arnaud Randrianantenaina having intercepted a unfastened go and regarded to interrupt away from his personal field.
Bissouma instantly clutched his left leg and slammed his fist on the turf in frustration.
Mali’s medical employees rapidly made their means out to Bissouma who remained on the pitch in agony.
The Tottenham midfielder was quickly stretchered off the sphere six minutes after the incident, which Randrianantenaina averted additional punishment for.
Mali went on to win the competition 4-1, however Spurs boss Thomas Frank now awaits a full analysis on the extent of Bissouma’s newest harm.
Why hasn’t Bissouma performed for Tottenham this season?
Bissouma was known as up by Mali having recovered from a knee subject which had stored him sidelined for the beginning of the season with Tottenham.
The knee harm spoiled Bissouma’s hopes of a transfer away from north London in the summertime having regarded poised to affix Turkish giants Galatasaray.
As a substitute, Tottenham may lose the Mali worldwide free of charge given his contract expires on the finish of the season.
It had been a turbulent summer season for Bissouma at Tottenham as he was overlooked of the squad to tackle Paris Saint-Germain within the UEFA Tremendous Cup in August because of poor timekeeping.
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Talking previous to the match, Tottenham boss Thomas Frank revealed Bissouma didn’t make the journey to Italy for the fixture ‘for disciplinary causes.’
“He is been late a number of occasions and now this time was only one too many,” Frank stated.
“With every part that you must give your gamers plenty of love and there must be calls for and penalties.”
Might Bissouma nonetheless play for Tottenham once more?
Frank left the door open for the midfielder to work his means again to a extra outstanding position after the switch window had closed, regardless of Bissouma’s ill-discipline.
“There are not any onerous emotions in any respect,” the Danish boss stated.
“Not earlier than, not now, under no circumstances. Prepare nicely and everybody has a chance.

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“He (Bissouma) has simply began to run outdoors, so he’s not a part of the group however every part I’ve seen after I’ve stated hi there to him and on daily basis with the gamers, he appears good.”
Ought to Bissouma fail to earn his place in Frank’s good books, it may imply he leaves Spurs along with his remaining look coming in final season’s Europa League remaining, which resulted in a 1-0 win over Manchester United.
Bissouma performed the total 90 minutes towards the Purple Devils and put in a significant shift as he made 4 tackles, the second-most of any Tottenham participant within the remaining.
His 23 passes have been additionally probably the most made by an outfield participant for Spurs, underlining his all-action show that helped the north London facet win their first main trophy in 17 years.