The Nigerian will not get a chance to feature against his former club.
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Tottenham will face off against Belgian side KAA Gent in the Europa League week as they look to give the fans at Spurs something to cheer about after their dismal Champions League campaign.
Gent will not provide many household names to contend with, but there will be one player in the Belgian ranks who will be recognised by Tottenham Hotspur fans.
That player is William Troost-Ekong.
The 23-year-old defender came through the youth ranks at Spurs before leaving the club in 2013 to head back to his country of birth the Netherlands and join FC Groningen.
The defender joined Gent in July 2015 from Groningen after impressing out on loan at FC Dordrecht. He was immediately loaned out to Norwegian side FK Haugesund where he established himself as one of the best players in the Norwegian league and earned a place in the Nigerian first-team
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He returned to Gent in January and made his debut last month.
Clearly he was looking forward to facing Spurs, as he showed on Twitter:
But, he won’t get the chance.
It was reported by Het Nieuwsblad this week that Gent had not included him in their Europa League squad and he is not on the official list on the UEFA website.
It seems the Nigerian will not get the chance to prove Tottenham wrong on this occasion.
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