Surprising omission for the Malian midfielder, dropped from the European record
Tottenham / Yves Bissouma
Yves Bissouma won’t be a part of Tottenham’s squad for the group stage of the 2024-2025 UEFA Champions League. The Malian worldwide is amongst six gamers excluded from the UEFA record submitted by Thomas Frank forward of the September 2 deadline.
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The 29-year-old midfielder has fallen sufferer to UEFA’s restrictions on non-homegrown gamers. The arrival of Xavi Simons from RB Leipzig for €52 million difficult issues for the Danish supervisor. With squad locations at a premium, a number of key gamers needed to be sacrificed.
Bissouma will not be the one one affected by this robust resolution. Kota Takai, Radu Dragusin, James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski, and Mathys Tel have additionally been not noted. For some, like Maddison and Kulusevski, accidents are a part of the explanation for his or her absence from the European roster.
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This omission comes because the Malian midfielder was already on the verge of leaving through the summer season switch window. Superior negotiations with Galatasaray even led to private phrases being agreed, however the transfer finally fell via. West Ham United additionally expressed curiosity in securing his providers.
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Bissouma nonetheless has choices to depart the London membership, significantly in Turkey and Greece the place the switch window stays open till September 12. This case may speed up his departure within the coming days.