Friday, August 16, 2024 - Tottenham have suspended Yves Bissouma for Monday's Premier League opener against Leicester after footage emerged of the midfielder inhaling laughing gas.
Bissouma had posted a video of himself inhaling nitrous
oxide in a chauffeur-driven limousine and laughing between puffs to his
private Snapchat account.
The footage was obtained by The Sun and released
just one week before Tottenham's opening game of the 2024-2025 Premier League
season.
Bissouma released a statement on Sunday night apologising
for his 'severe lack of judgment' and insisted he knew the risks associated
with nitrous oxide.
However, Tottenham coach Ange Postecoglou was less
than impressed with Bissouma's behaviour and said the 27-year-old was
guilty of making a 'poor decision'.
Speaking about Bissouma, Postecoglou said: 'Look,
again I've been in the game for a long time and every time situations like this
arise. They do happen. I've always tried to look at them in a few ways as
there's a person involved. In this case it's Biss.
'He's made a really poor decision and we want to try and
help through that and we as a club want to try and make sure he doesn't make
those decisions in the future.
'Within that context there are sanctions involved some of
those sanctions include education and giving him a clear understanding of why
he did was wrong. And hopefully he comes out of it.
'You always want to give people an opportunity to learn from
their mistakes.
'The second part of that is that he is a footballer and he
has responsibilities to the club and team-mates and supporters and he has
failed in those duties - so there have to be sanctions for that.
'He won't be available for Monday we've suspended him for
Monday's game. But there is also some relationship building between Biss and me
and the group. That's what he needs to work hard at to try and win that back.
'Hopefully, the door is open for him and hopefully, we can
help him realise that the decision impacts more than just him and allow him to
make better decisions going forward.'
When asked how Bissouma can go about earning his trust
back, Postecoglou said: 'Behaviour mate. It's that simple. It's about
making better decisions. He was very apologetic to me, the club and everyone
involved but that's just part of it.'
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