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Tottenham’s £65million club-record signing Tanguy Ndombele has left the club by mutual consent having played only 91 times since joining the club five years ago.
The Frenchman joined on a six-year deal from Lyon as part of a summer spending spree under former boss Mauricio Pochettino but last played for the Premier League side in 2022.
Ndombele, 27, has spent the last three seasons out on loan: first back with Lyon, then in Italy with Napoli where he helped the club to their first league title for 33 years and most recently with Turkish giants Galatasaray.
A permanent deal was not forthcoming after any of those temporary switches, leading Ndombele and Tottenham to agree to a termination of his deal which had further a year left to run.
It signals a sorry end to a disappointing career in English football for the midfielder, who started life in a Tottenham shirt brightly by netting on his debut against Aston Villa.
Tottenham have announced the termination of Tanguy Ndomble's contract one year early
The French midfielder was signed for a club record fee of £55million in the summer of 2019
Ndombele was booed off on his final Tottenham appearance in an FA Cup tie in January 2022
Ndombele soon fell out of favour – due to poor form and fitness problems – under Mauricio Pochettino and his successor, Jose Mourinho, before enjoying a revival of sorts in the 2020-21 season where he recorded 10 goal involvements in 46 appearances.
But opportunities were few and far between following Mourinho’s departure and time-keeping issues during pre-season saw Ange Postecoglou sanction his loan to Turkey last season.
The 27-year-old was booed off on his final appearance for Tottenham back in January 2022.
Ndombele had slowly walked off the pitch as Antonio Conte’s side trailed Morecambe 1-0 in the FA Cup, before recovering to win.
Ndombele has spent the past two seasons on loan deals at Napoli and Galatasaray
During his loan spells away from Tottenham, Ndombele played 40 times for Napoli during their Serie A title winning season in 2022-23.
The midfielder made only eight league starts during the campaign.
Ndombele played 26 times for Galatasaray last season, but made just four starts in the league as the club were crowned Turkish Super Lig winners.
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