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Tanguy Ndombele has returned to former club Lyon on loan until the end of the season after another frustrating season at Tottenham.
The midfielder signed for Spurs from Lyon for a reported £63million (€75.8m) in 2019 but has rarely been able to show the quality he produced in France prior to the move.
Ndombele – who was also linked with Paris Saint-Germain – was recently booed off the pitch by his own fans after a disappointing performance against third-tier Morecambe in the FA Cup third round.
The 25-year-old impressed Spurs enough to break their transfer record after a solid 2018-19 season in Ligue 1, when he completed 63 out of his 92 attempted dribbles (68 per cent), more than anyone in Europe’s top five leagues who had attempted as many.
Only five midfielders in Ligue 1 made more assists than Ndombele’s seven that year, while he also had the 12th best passing accuracy (89.09 per cent) of midfielders who had played more than five games.
However, Ndombele’s career at Spurs has never got going, though he did register nine goals and nine assists in his 86 appearances in all competitions for the club.
Lyon have confirmed they will pay a loan fee to Spurs of €1.42m (£1.18m), while there is also an option to buy Ndombele at the end of the season.
The French side also announced the signing of attacking midfielder Romain Faivre from Brest earlier on Monday on a four-and-a-half year deal for a fee believed to be around €15m.
Lyon sold midfielder Bruno Guimaraes to Newcastle on Sunday for a fee worth £35m (€42.1m), with bonuses potentially boosting the amount to £41.7m (€50.1m).
