The new campaign should have been an opportunity for Tottenham’s Yves Bissouma to get back to the levels that briefly made him one of the Premier League's outstanding midfielders at the start of last season.
Instead, Bissouma will watch Spurs’ opening game at Leicester on Monday from home after being suspended by the club for one match for uploading a video of himself inhaling laughing gas to social media, following the friendly against Bayern Munich last Saturday.