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Alan Smith

Tanguy Ndombele rediscovers what was missing at Tottenham to give Daniel Levy transfer conundrum

"He is a midfielder. I think… he is a midfielder" - Antonio Conte on Tanguy Ndombele, December 30

It has been quite the week on the European stage for players deemed surplus to Antonio Conte’s requirements at Tottenham Hotspur. After Giovanni Lo Celso drove Villarreal to a win over Bayern Munich on Wednesday, there was an inevitability about Tanguy Ndombele making a significant contribution for Lyon away to West Ham United last night.

“Bon match,” was Lyon coach Peter Bosz’s concise assessment of the 25-year-old’s performance as he scored the equaliser to leave the Europa League quarter-final finely poised. Here was the man Tottenham paid £55million for to be a game-changer in the summer of 2019, still their player but changing games for the club they signed him from.

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