• Pochettino suggests Sissoko is yet to do enough in training or games
Mauricio Pochettino has expressed disappointment with the impact made by Moussa Sissoko since the midfielder’s club‑record arrival at Tottenham Hotspur in the summer, and suggested the France international had yet to demonstrate in training or in his appearances in the first team the quality the management anticipated.
Sissoko cost £30m from Newcastle United on transfer deadline day at the end of August, having made clear his desire to leave the club with whom he was relegated last season. Yet the 27-year-old, whose progress was interrupted by a three-game ban for an elbow flung at Harry Arter during a draw at Bournemouth in October, has started only four Premier League matches and, having underwhelmed, was omitted from the matchday squad entirely for the defeat at Chelsea on Saturday.
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