I\u2019m really not wild about posting this rumor. For starters, it\u2019s passing on details of a Tottenham Hotspur player engaged in behavior unbecoming of a top flight footballer and to the left of the law. For another, it was posted in The Sun, one of the absolute worst rumor-mongering, agenda-driven papers in the UK. It\u2019s notable that the Sun is, at the moment, the only paper that has and is running this story. For that reason, I won\u2019t directly link to the article; if you want to find it, Google it yourself because I don\u2019t want to directly send a single referral click to that awful rag.<\/p>\n
But unfortunately, this looks like a thing. The Sun is reporting that Spurs midfielder Yves Bissouma is once again in trouble after he was caught \u2014 again \u2014 on video inhaling nitrous oxide at a party in early November. The club has reportedly initiated a probe of the incident and will be dealing with it internally.<\/p>\n
You might remember that Biss was caught doing the same thing last August<\/a>, when Ange Postecoglou was in charge, and that it resulted not only in him being suspended for a match against Leicester but also earning Ange\u2019s scorn; he spoke publicly about how disappointed he was with Bissouma, and that he\u2019d have to earn back his trust and that of his teammates.<\/p>\n I said at the time that the nitrous use doesn\u2019t necessarily bother me as recreational drug abuse (especially alcohol) is almost certainly rampant in professional football. What does bother me is Bissouma being a big ol\u2019 dummy about it. That said, nitrous use IS illegal in the United Kingdom, and if this report is accurate it means Bissouma has not learned his lesson. And that\u2019s not just him being a dummy, that\u2019s him being a SUPER BIG IDIOT.<\/p>\n Bissouma hasn\u2019t played a minute for Tottenham this season under Thomas Frank. Part of that was, reportedly, due to an injury, but Frank already suspended him from the preseason match against PSG for consistently being late to team functions. The source of this rumor also states that the player has removed all mention of Tottenham from his social media accounts<\/a>. That seems to imply that not only will he continue to not play for Tottenham this season, but the club might be working on finding him an exit, one way or another, from the team.<\/p>\n I hate having to write about this, but I strongly suspect we\u2019ve now seen the last of Bissouma in a Tottenham Hotspur shirt.<\/p>\n