Hazelton
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Genuinely might be our worst transfer window, which is saying something. That amount of money for almost zero return is outrageous.
Player Watch - Tanguy Ndombele
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Our worst signing of all time.
Glad he's gone.
Glad he's gone.
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Buggsy61
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Watching a couple of the you tubers tonight the word on the street is that Tanguy settled on 75% of wages for his final year (approx £7.5M) so a good deal for him.
Am sure the club has learnt their lesson now re due diligence on players before we pull the trigger on onerous deals like this again.
No more Tanguys please!
Am sure the club has learnt their lesson now re due diligence on players before we pull the trigger on onerous deals like this again.
No more Tanguys please!
FrankSpencer
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Whatever happens in this thread, doughnut start making the jokes about him being fat again! Incredibly disrespectful.
KILLA_SIN
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I remember when we got linked with him a lot of posters were talking about his performances against Barca raving about him
I watched those games he looked shit
I never said anything thinking it was probably me just not seeing it
Beware of the hype
I watched those games he looked shit
I never said anything thinking it was probably me just not seeing it
Beware of the hype
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carmeldevil
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His last game probably
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UncleBuck
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‘Settled on about £7.5m’.
There are quite a few times in life where you question your own decisions, things like buying a new kettle or can we afford to take the kids away for a two day break.
The fact he’s walked away with another retirement payday for his fourth generation just winds the backside out of me.
Spend our money well you absolute bandit.
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He'd be brilliant for our Legends team. Probably still wouldn't be the most fit player though ..
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from the Telegraph in 2019: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/footbal...unwantedtanguy-ndombele-developed-tottenhams/
Too fat, too lazy. The report cards were in for Tanguy Ndombele, and they did not make for comfortable reading. First it was Guingamp who cast him out, deeming him not worthy of a professional contract, and now it was Amiens who were saying a firm no to this shy young midfielder with a protruding belly.
Ndombele had joined Amiens in 2014, when he was 17. At that age, the most talented players are often beginning to forge their paths into senior football. Ndombele’s route pointed in the other direction, away from the professional game and back towards home.
They welcomed him with open arms at Linas-Montlhery, the amateur club that Ndombele thought he had left for good four years earlier. There was some surprise, though — if not a little shock — at the state of his body. “When he came back from Amiens, he came into the shower room,” says Mickael Bertansetti, the club’s president. “He was a teenager, but he had the physique of a 30-year-old.”
Cold reality slapped Ndombele in the face. Five other professional clubs had said no, too. “He was hurt,” says Bertansetti. Something had to change for Ndombele, unfit and unwanted, and that journey home ultimately became a defining moment for the boy who would go on to become the most expensive player in Tottenham Hotspur’s history.
On a suffocatingly hot July day, the Linas-Montlhery pitch remains in pristine condition. It was here, in sight of the 13th-century Montlhery castle that pokes above the trees, where Ndombele first began to sweat out the extra weight after his Amiens rejection. He trained with the club’s senior team, which included his older brother Bosso, and ran laps of the pitch with Nordine Baaroun, his former coach.
“He came here to lose weight and build muscle,” says Bertansetti, pointing out the corners of the field where Ndombele would run. Baaroun found a personal trainer and sorted Ndombele’s diet. “It was a slow process,” says Bertansetti. “It is the nature of his body. He has to work to have this body. His brother is the same. If he does not play sport, he will put on weight. It’s genetics.”
from *spit* the Sun at the same time: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/9436817/ndombeles-attitude-overweight-tottenham-transfer/
Lionel Rouxel, then manager of the reserves, told L'Equipe: "It wasn’t a case of his potential being questioned, and he had a good mentality — respectful — but he seemed to be lacking the awareness to reach a high level.
"He had a hard time waking up in the morning, he was overweight, and didn’t always present himself seriously.
"We were kind to him, we were tough, but in the end we felt we’d given him a chance."
His captain Sullivan Martinet said expectation was higher than reality.
He said: "He was nonchalant. He was so strong that we were expecting more from him, more consistency.
"He didn’t try maybe as much. He didn’t give the impression of always being 100 percent.
"With hindsight, what harmed him was his behaviour off the pitch. We were less talented but we wanted it more than him."
Ndombele was offered a lifeline by Amiens in northern France.
His manager Patrice Descamps recalled how the step down in class caused Ndombele to feel down.
Descamps said: "He was full of negative emotions caused by a gap between what he was hoping for and reality.
"He had to overcome this dark period, to forge a new mindset and a degree of willingness to learn that he had lost."
But it was his upbringing, raised by deeply religious Congolese parents in a rough suburb of Paris, that helped Ndombele persevere.
After two seasons in the reserves, he broke into the first-team and quickly established himself as a talent.
Having helped lead Amiens to promotion into Ligue 1, French giants Lyon came calling.
They took him on loan in 2017 with an option to make the deal permanent - which was quickly taken.
Some you win, some you lose. Obviously played well enough at Lyon to catch the eye, and definitely has it in him but the weight/genetics issues are always going to be there.
Too fat, too lazy. The report cards were in for Tanguy Ndombele, and they did not make for comfortable reading. First it was Guingamp who cast him out, deeming him not worthy of a professional contract, and now it was Amiens who were saying a firm no to this shy young midfielder with a protruding belly.
Ndombele had joined Amiens in 2014, when he was 17. At that age, the most talented players are often beginning to forge their paths into senior football. Ndombele’s route pointed in the other direction, away from the professional game and back towards home.
They welcomed him with open arms at Linas-Montlhery, the amateur club that Ndombele thought he had left for good four years earlier. There was some surprise, though — if not a little shock — at the state of his body. “When he came back from Amiens, he came into the shower room,” says Mickael Bertansetti, the club’s president. “He was a teenager, but he had the physique of a 30-year-old.”
Cold reality slapped Ndombele in the face. Five other professional clubs had said no, too. “He was hurt,” says Bertansetti. Something had to change for Ndombele, unfit and unwanted, and that journey home ultimately became a defining moment for the boy who would go on to become the most expensive player in Tottenham Hotspur’s history.
On a suffocatingly hot July day, the Linas-Montlhery pitch remains in pristine condition. It was here, in sight of the 13th-century Montlhery castle that pokes above the trees, where Ndombele first began to sweat out the extra weight after his Amiens rejection. He trained with the club’s senior team, which included his older brother Bosso, and ran laps of the pitch with Nordine Baaroun, his former coach.
“He came here to lose weight and build muscle,” says Bertansetti, pointing out the corners of the field where Ndombele would run. Baaroun found a personal trainer and sorted Ndombele’s diet. “It was a slow process,” says Bertansetti. “It is the nature of his body. He has to work to have this body. His brother is the same. If he does not play sport, he will put on weight. It’s genetics.”
from *spit* the Sun at the same time: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/9436817/ndombeles-attitude-overweight-tottenham-transfer/
Lionel Rouxel, then manager of the reserves, told L'Equipe: "It wasn’t a case of his potential being questioned, and he had a good mentality — respectful — but he seemed to be lacking the awareness to reach a high level.
"He had a hard time waking up in the morning, he was overweight, and didn’t always present himself seriously.
"We were kind to him, we were tough, but in the end we felt we’d given him a chance."
His captain Sullivan Martinet said expectation was higher than reality.
He said: "He was nonchalant. He was so strong that we were expecting more from him, more consistency.
"He didn’t try maybe as much. He didn’t give the impression of always being 100 percent.
"With hindsight, what harmed him was his behaviour off the pitch. We were less talented but we wanted it more than him."
Ndombele was offered a lifeline by Amiens in northern France.
His manager Patrice Descamps recalled how the step down in class caused Ndombele to feel down.
Descamps said: "He was full of negative emotions caused by a gap between what he was hoping for and reality.
"He had to overcome this dark period, to forge a new mindset and a degree of willingness to learn that he had lost."
But it was his upbringing, raised by deeply religious Congolese parents in a rough suburb of Paris, that helped Ndombele persevere.
After two seasons in the reserves, he broke into the first-team and quickly established himself as a talent.
Having helped lead Amiens to promotion into Ligue 1, French giants Lyon came calling.
They took him on loan in 2017 with an option to make the deal permanent - which was quickly taken.
Some you win, some you lose. Obviously played well enough at Lyon to catch the eye, and definitely has it in him but the weight/genetics issues are always going to be there.
glospur
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legit, the summer where we signed no one might have been a better window than this one. which is ironic given the respective reactions to each window at the time
glospur
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sissoko a big money flop signing is a bit harsh tbh. He was a far better signing than Tanguy, despite their respective ability levels. At least you could never accuse Sissoko of not putting in the required effort. He got the most out of his ability
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I remember when we were rumored to be in for him I made a comment on here saying “ go on Levy go balls deep in on Ndombele, he is exactly what we need.”
Guess I should have advised Levy to wear protection and pull out.
Guess I should have advised Levy to wear protection and pull out.
mano-obe
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Good riddance. Cost millions in wages. Ate too much, lazed about too much.
The biggest travesty for me is that he won the league in Italy and Turkey being loaned out. You cannot make this shit up. Kane must scratch his head how this happens
Our worst signing ever. Not even a debate. People may throw in names like Booth and Rasiak who played like 5 games between them, but this bloke cost 50 odd million and didn't give two shits.
The biggest travesty for me is that he won the league in Italy and Turkey being loaned out. You cannot make this shit up. Kane must scratch his head how this happens
Our worst signing ever. Not even a debate. People may throw in names like Booth and Rasiak who played like 5 games between them, but this bloke cost 50 odd million and didn't give two shits.
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