Tanguy Ndombele continues the grand tradition of Spurs’ signing players with a backstory, opposed to someone who can assimilate without any great fuss.
Or is the Premier League itself the issue? Is this division so ravenous for sinew and bone that only a certain strain of footballer can stay the course?
Physioroom this morning have the Ivorian listed as suffering a “hip injury”, and Harry Kane’s issue being a hamstring. Both players are being assessed.