LONDON -- Mauricio Pochettino insists that Georges-Kevin Nkoudou needs time to adapt to the Premier League.
Nkoudou, 21, was signed for £10 million from Marseille in a protracted August transfer but is yet to start a league match for Spurs and seems to be following a similar path to that of Clinton Njie, who returned to France in the summer after one season in North London.
"It is normal to need time to adapt," Pochettino told a news conference of the French forward. "Some players need more than others but it is difficult to adapt to our style.