Moussa Sissoko has claimed that Florian Thauvin 'didn't have enough time' at Newcastle United after his former team-mate chose to leave the club just five months after his arrival.
Newcastle looked to have pulled off a coup when the Magpies signed the highly-rated winger from Marseille for £12m in 2015. However, Thauvin never settled at St James' Park and the Frenchman made just 16 appearances for the club before returning to Marseille on loan, initially, in the mid-season window ahead of the switch later being made permanent.
Thauvin went on to win the World Cup with France so was this a case of a player ill-suited to life in England or one who simply needed more time? Few are better-placed to comment than Sissoko, who not only knows what it is like to make the step up from Ligue 1 to the Premier League, but who also shared a dressing room with Thauvin for both club and country.
