Ex-Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Mousa Dembele has recently moved to China.
Matt Le Tissier has told Sky Sports that Tottenham Hotspur selling Mousa Dembele was ‘odd’.
Daniel Levy decided to cash in on the midfielder, who entered the last six months of his contract at Tottenham, earlier this month.
The Belgian has left Spurs to go to China at a time when he could have actually been valuable to Mauricio Pochettino’s side.
Dembele may have shown signs of age this season at Tottenham, but Spurs are short in midfield right now.
Tottenham have Dele Alli and Moussa Sissoko out with injury, while Eric Dier is only just returning to full fitness.
And Le Tissier thinks that Tottenham must have had a reason to get rid of Dembele which is not yet clear.
He said: “Spurs don’t have the money to bring in better than what they have already.
“They are possibly short of a top-drawer midfielder. The Mousa Dembele move was odd but there are reasons for it. Spurs will not have moved him on, there is obviously something behind that.”
Even though Tottenham’s squad is low on numbers at the moment, Pochettino’s side still came through their last match against Fulham.
Spurs beat the Cottagers 2-1 to ensure that they remained in third place in the Premier League table.
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