Yves Bissouma looks raring to go after returning to Hotspur Way on Saturday morning for the start of pre-season training under Ange Postecoglou. Dealt a bad hand in his debut season at the club with injury severely limiting his football in the second part of the campaign, it is a huge year coming up for the Mali international.
Arriving at the club's training base on Saturday with a big smile on his face and stating 'we're back' to the camera a number of times, Bissouma will be intent on putting last term behind him and showing everyone why he was brought to the club in the first place. A new season does represent a fresh start after all and the midfielder will be out to make up for lost time.
As part of his fresh start, the 26-year-old could well take on a brand new number for the 2023/24 campaign. Joining from Brighton & Hove Albion 13 months ago, it was confirmed ahead of Spurs' pre-season tour of South Korea that Ivan Perisic and Bissouma would wear numbers 22 and 38 respectively.
