Where is Tanguy Ndombele? The fall of Spurs' record signing

Once one of Europe's most exciting midfielders, Tanguy Ndombele's Tottenham story began with blue hair dye and a club-record fee.

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What happened. Tottenham signed Tanguy Ndombele from Lyon in 2019 for a then club-record fee that could have reached £65million. He arrived as one of Europe's most exciting players, but his Spurs spell did not deliver on that promise.

• The deal could have reached £65million, a club record at the time
• He joined Tottenham from Lyon in 2019 aged 22
• His time at Spurs is now remembered as an unfulfilled arrival

The piece revisits what became of a signing once billed as a future Premier League star.

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