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| Tottenham's worst recruit in history, Tanguy Ndombele, immediately found a new team after he terminated his contract with Tottenham. OGC Nice, emerging as an emerging powerhouse in French Ligue 1, reached out to Ndombele. Photo = Nice |
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Tanguy Ndombele, who terminated his contract with Tottenham, succeeded in going to the European big league. He went to the French Ligue 1 stage for the first time in five years.
OGC Nice announced on its official website on the 5th (Korea time) 'We are happy to announce the recruitment of Ndombele. Ndombele, 27, who is out of contract with Tottenham, confirmed his signing with Nice until 2026 after a loan spell at Galatasaray last season.
Chairman Jean-Pierre Libernith "In the course of negotiations, I met an attractive, motivated young man. We wholeheartedly welcome the signing of Ndombele. He is a very talented player and we are confident that he is the perfect club to help him do his bestHe was very happy to recruit Ndombele.
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| Tottenham's worst recruit in history, Tanguy Ndombele, immediately found a new team after he terminated his contract with Tottenham. OGC Nice, emerging as an emerging powerhouse in French Ligue 1, reached out to Ndombele. Photo = Nice |
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Ndombele also "I'm glad that everything is sorted out very quickly. It is important to play the preseason with the entire team. As soon as Nice showed me the project, I didn't hesitate for a second. Happy and proud to sign Nice. The squad has big ambitions and I have my own goals to achieve. The team finished fifth last season and want to play in the UEFA Europa League this season and create something great together" expressed his feelings on the transfer.
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| Tottenham's worst recruit in history, Tanguy Ndombele, immediately found a new team after he terminated his contract with Tottenham. OGC Nice, emerging as an emerging powerhouse in French Ligue 1, reached out to Ndombele. Photo = Nice |
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Director Florian Morris Nice is known to have pushed for the recruitment of Ndombele. Director Maurice said "Ndombele is a special player. It is up to us to provide an environment in which Ndombele can fully demonstrate his qualities. He knows what it's like to play at the highest level. Ndombele fits perfectly into the profile we are aiming for and his career is in its prime. Our goal is to perform well in all competitions. So I needed a player with outstanding abilities"Ndombele will be of tremendous help to Nice," he said.
Nice is very happy to sign Ndombele, but Ndombele is, as everyone knows, the worst recruit in Tottenham's history. Ahead of the 2018-2019 season, Tottenham felt the need to strengthen their power as they lost to Liverpool in the European Champions League (UCL) final, which they advanced for the first time in the club's history.
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| Tottenham's worst recruit in history, Tanguy Ndombele, immediately found a new team after he terminated his contract with Tottenham. OGC Nice, emerging as an emerging powerhouse in French Ligue 1, reached out to Ndombele. Photo = Nice |
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It was decided that a big recruitment was needed to help Son Heung-min, Harry Kane, Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen. At this time, it was Ndombele who Tottenham picked and brought. The club decided to bring in Ndombele, who played for Olympique Lyon with the highest transfer fee ever.
Originally, Tottenham tried to recruit Bruno Fernandes, but negotiations with Sporting Lisbon did not go smoothly, so Ndombele was recruited. It's a meaningless assumption, but if Tottenham had hired Bruno, not Ndombele, the future of the club would have been different.
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| Tottenham's worst recruit in history, Tanguy Ndombele, immediately found a new team after he terminated his contract with Tottenham. OGC Nice, emerging as an emerging powerhouse in French Ligue 1, reached out to Ndombele. Photo = Nice |
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At that time, Tottenham invested 51 million pounds (about 89.9 billion won). Along with the club's highest transfer fee ever, Tottenham provided Ndombele with an annual salary of 10.4 million pounds (about 18.3 billion won), equal to Harry Kane, the team's highest treatment. I expected Ndombele to succeed that much.
Fans' expectations were sky-high. I believed Ndombele was a player who could make the DESK line stronger. However, less than a season later, Ndombele's recruitment began to prove to be a failure. Jose Mourinho, who took over after Mauricio Pochettino was replaced, began training players, including publicly criticizing Ndombele.
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| Tottenham's worst recruit in history, Tanguy Ndombele, immediately found a new team after he terminated his contract with Tottenham. OGC Nice, emerging as an emerging powerhouse in French Ligue 1, reached out to Ndombele. |
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Mourinho did not prefer Ndombele at all, who did not play sincerely. Ndombele, who failed to adapt to Tottenham and the English Premier League (EPL), tried to leave Tottenham after a year, but kept Ndombele at the club.
Mourinho spent the 2020-2021 season somehow remodeling Ndombele and making it a main player, taking over the midfield duo with Pierre-Emile Hoibier. Ndombele showed his own performance, but considering the transfer fee and salary, it was not enough.
Even that, Ndombele was again pushed out of the starting lineup when coach Nunu Espiritu Santo came for a while. Even then, Ndombele tried to leave Tottenham. The club didn't stop him either. However, no team has appeared to take a player who is the worst recruit in Tottenham history, receives a Kane-level salary, and needs a transfer fee.
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| Tottenham's worst recruit in history, Tanguy Ndombele, immediately found a new team after he terminated his contract with Tottenham. OGC Nice, emerging as an emerging powerhouse in French Ligue 1, reached out to Ndombele. |
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Tottenham began sending Ndombele on loan to reduce their salary burden somehow. The first team to reach out was Lyon, the home of Ndombele. Lyon recruited Ndombele as if he showed good performance again. Ndombele returned to Tottenham after failing to revive in Lyon.
The second place Ndombele went on loan was Naples. Ndombele played with Kim Min-jae at the time. Napoli coach Luciano Spaletti used Ndombele as a thorough backup. Still, Ndombele was lucky enough to win the Italian Serie A title.
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| Tottenham's worst recruit in history, Tanguy Ndombele, immediately found a new team after he terminated his contract with Tottenham. OGC Nice, emerging as an emerging powerhouse in French Ligue 1, reached out to Ndombele. |
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After returning to Napoli on loan, manager Enze Postecoglou wanted to assess Ndombele himself. Expectations were raised whether Postecoglou could save Ndombele, but even Postecoglou gave up.
Eventually, he was loaned to Galatasaray in the 2023-2024 season. In Galatasaray, Ndombele turned even worse. I spent a season completely forgetting my professional attitude. It was fortunate that Galatasaray did not terminate the lease.
In the end, Tottenham decided to terminate Ndombele's contract through mutual agreement. Tottenham released Ndombele, giving part of their salary for the rest of the season as a settlement. Tottenham took as many as five years to dispose of the club's worst player ever. It didn't seem easy for Ndombele to find a new team in the big leagues, but Nice made a surprising decision.
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| Tottenham's worst recruit in history, Tanguy Ndombele, immediately found a new team after he terminated his contract with Tottenham. OGC Nice, emerging as an emerging powerhouse in French Ligue 1, reached out to Ndombele. |
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