Tottenham's Yves Bissouma left out of Super Cup final squad due to disciplinary reasons
Tottenham's new head coach Thomas Frank told the media at a press conference ahead of Wednesday's game against PSG that Bissouma has been punished for poor timekeeping.
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'He has been late several times and now this latest time was one too many,' Frank said. 'With everything, you need to give your players a lot of love but also have demands and there also need to be consequences and this time there was a consequence for that.
'For me, there has been a consequence and that is for this trip. I will follow up on that when I come home. I will park it for now because there is a relatively important game tomorrow.'
This is not the first time that the Mali international has been in trouble since he joined Spurs from Brighton in June 2022.
The midfielder was suspended by the club for their first game of the 2024-25 season after video footage appeared on social media that appeared to show him inhaling nitrous oxide.
Following a 2-0 defeat to Fulham in March, when Bissouma was substituted at half-time, then head coach Ange Postecoglou said that he allowed 'games to drift him by.'
Bissouma started Spurs' Europa League final victory over Manchester United in May but his future is uncertain with less than 12 months left on his contract.
Joao Palhinha's arrival on loan from Bayern Munich only pushes Bissouma further down the pecking order and this incident will not have helped him to convince Frank he deserves an extension.
The positive news for Spurs is that Dominic Solanke is available to feature against PSG. The England international has only played once for Spurs in pre-season back on July 19 when they beat Reading 2-0.
He travelled with the squad for their pre-season tour of Hong Kong and South Korea but was unable to play due to an ankle injury. Frank said that left-back Destiny Udogie is 'getting closer to training with the group' too.
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