Son Heung-min’s teammate Ndombele, who was a club record, leaves Tottenham due to contract termination
A transfer fee of approximately 89 billion won was paid at the time of recruitment in 2019.
Tottenham Hotspur of the English Professional Football Premier League (EPL), the team of Son Heung-min, the captain of the Korean men’s national soccer team, is releasing midfielder Tanguy Ndombele, who was recruited for a club record transfer fee.
Tottenham announced on the 12th (local time) that it was parting ways with Ndombele through mutual contract termination through the club’s official channels.
Ndombele left Lyon, France, in July 2019 and settled in Tottenham.
According to the British media ‘BBC’, Tottenham paid a transfer fee of 60 million euros (about 89 billion won), which was the club’s highest transfer fee at the time.
There were great expectations that he would add weight to Tottenham’s midfield thanks to his high potential, which required a lot of money to be spent, but he did not grow as much as expected. When he wore the Tottenham uniform, he made 91 appearances, scoring 10 goals and providing 9 assists.
He eventually spent his last two seasons on loan with the likes of Lyon and Napoli (Italy). The position did not change much in the 2023-2024 season, when coach Enze Postekoglou took the helm, and he went on loan to Galatasaray (Turkiye) once again.
As expected, the situation did not improve, and Ndombele ended up leaving Tottenham due to mutual termination of his contract, even though he had one year left on his contract. Tottenham said its goodbyes, saying, “We support Ndombele’s future. 온라인섯다