Tottenham midfielder Yves Bissouma will miss the beginning of the Premier League season after being suspended by the membership following an investigation into footage exhibiting him showing to inhale nitrous oxide, or laughing fuel.
Bissouma uploaded clips of himself utilizing nitrous oxide, which is now a Class C drug in keeping with British legislation, onto social media website Snapchat final weekend.
The Mali worldwide has apologized and acknowledged in an announcement his “extreme lack of judgement”
Following an investigation, Bissouma was handed a one-match suspension – which means he’ll miss Tottenham’s Premier League opener at Leicester on Monday.
“He’s a footballer of this membership – he has tasks to the membership, to his teammates, to our supporters, to everybody related to the membership, and he has failed in these duties,” Tottenham supervisor Ange Postecoglou mentioned Thursday.
“He will not be accessible for Monday … however past that, there may be additionally some trust-building that should occur between Biss and me, and Biss and the group. That is what he must work laborious at, to win that again.”
Nitrous oxide is used medically as an anesthetic and ache reliever. However folks additionally use the drug to get excessive. Heavy use could cause harm to mind and nerve tissue.
Postecoglou mentioned the sanctions for Bissouma additionally wanted to contain some schooling for the participant, to offer him an “understanding of why he did what he did and the way incorrect it was.”
“There’s an individual concerned,” the Australian coach mentioned. “On this case, it is Biss and he is made a extremely poor determination. You need to perceive that and try to assist him by means of that, as a membership, … to ensure he would not make these form of decisions and choices sooner or later.”
Bissouma, who joined Tottenham from Brighton in 2022, made 26 begins underneath Postecoglou through the 2023-24 season.
