Tanguy Ndombele should be looking to respond positively to Jose Mourinho’s public criticism, says Joe Cole, with the Tottenham midfielder aware that he is operating in a “grown-up’s sport”.
Spurs’ €60 million (£54m/$68m) club-record signing from the summer of 2019 has endured a testing debut campaign in English football.
Form and fitness issues have prevented him from making the expected impact, with Mourinho taking to singling the France international out for his supposed lack of contribution to the collective cause.
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The outspoken Portuguese has stated that Ndombele “has to give us more than he is giving” and declared that the 22-year-old is “always injured”.