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Post by Football News on Nov 28, 2016 1:21:16 GMT
Pochettino: Sissoko doesn't deserve spotThe club-record signing must do more to show he deserves his Tottenham spot, manager Mauricio Pochettino has saidTottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has been disappointed by club record-signing Moussa Sissoko, challenging the midfielder to show he deserves a place. Sissoko, 27, joined Tottenham in a deal reportedly worth £30million from Newcastle United in August. Enrique disgusted by Barcelona But the France international has made just six Premier League appearances – four of those starts – this season. Pochettino, whose team suffered a 2-1 loss to London rivals Chelsea on Saturday, said Sissoko was yet to prove he deserved a spot. "Football is not about money. It is about players being better and that they show on the training ground that they are better than another team-mate and that they deserve to be involved or not," he told UK newspapers. "In my opinion, I need to take the decisions and I believe that the players that started in the game and the players on the bench deserved to be involved in the game. "There's nothing else to it." Sissoko was left out of the squad for the trip to Stamford Bridge, with Spurs seven points behind leaders Chelsea after the loss. Pochettino called for the midfielder to show he deserved to be picked ahead of some of his team-mates. "It's not frustrating for me. It's about football. We can see in football different things that happen. You sign a player and then you expect something, and you don't find what you expected," he said. Barca are Messi and Neymar, and little else "If another deserved to be involved, like maybe Josh Onomah or maybe [Vincent] Janssen then why [Sissoko]? "Because we pay money, do they deserve to play? He needs to work hard and to show in future that he deserves to be in the team." Goal.com
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Post by Avinalaff on Nov 28, 2016 1:21:59 GMT
Koeman was going to blow £30m on this player.
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Post by dorf on Nov 28, 2016 12:42:31 GMT
I was fuming at the time but I guess it's because I felt he played us like fools. Glad we didn't buy him. Seems he only plays when he wants to. e.g. when he played for France in the Euros.
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Post by rugbytoffee on Nov 30, 2016 15:42:55 GMT
Dodged a bullet there on his current form
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