Sky pundit says Spurs stop training & ‘applaud’ once criticised player for what he does

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Clinton Morrison has shared on Soccer Saturday on Sky Sports (24/10/20 at 2:35 pm) that he has been told Tottenham players stop training on occasions and ‘applaud’ Tanguy Ndombele because of some of the things that he does.

The former Crystal Palace striker also feels that Ndombele has now won Jose Mourinho’s trust after his manager infamously called him out for his performance at Burnley last season.

Whilst a certain Dele Alli is now feeling those same vibes Ndombele felt many months ago, the Frenchman has now got himself back up from the deck and is starting to prove people wrong.

Morrison was raving about Tottenham’s club-record signing, and given his recent turnaround, he now thinks they have got one ‘hell of a player’ on their hands.

On winning Jose’s trust: “Yes, he probably has,” Morrison told Sky Sports. “It was probably fitness, he didn’t help himself. He needs to look at himself and say ‘he wasn’t working hard in training’. Jose is big on players working hard in training.

“I said from last season. I watched him at Lyon and I thought he was going to be a player. I thought he was going to come to the Premier League and actually rip it to pieces. Now you are starting to see his ability in the final third.

“He makes things happen. He is strong. He can back in and roll it. Has a trick in his locker and he can pick a pass. I hear some of the things he does in training, the players actually stop and applaud him. He is that much of a good player. If he starts delivering 9/10 in the Premier League then Tottenham have got a hell of a player.”

One player, who Tottenham parted ways with in 2019, was Mousa Dembele, and in truth, he is a player that they have missed dearly.

Whilst his numbers aren’t up there with the best of the best, he is someone who can carry the ball from deep, in tight situations and power his way out of anything.

Spurs have missed that in bucket loads. And whilst Ndombele is more attack-minded, both him and the more combative and robust Pierre-Emile Højbjerg are now bringing some of that bite they lost from Dembele’s sale back into the team.