Sources: 28-yr-old wants to quit Tottenham after fall-out with Thomas Frank
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Pete O'Rourke, Transfer Correspondent
Sun 7 September 2025 21:00, UK
Tottenham Hotspur will accept a suitable offer for Yves Bissouma in the coming days after a fall-out with Thomas Frank, sources have told Football Insider.
Speaking on the latest edition of Football Insider’s Inside Track podcast, senior correspondent Pete O’Rourke revealed what his sources have told him about the 28-year-old’s uncertain future in North London.
Both Everton and West Ham explored deals to sign Bissouma late in the transfer window, but neither club advanced their interest before the deadline and that leaves Bissouma well down the Spurs pecking order.
Frank left Bissouma out of Tottenham’s UEFA Super Cup squad last month after his repeated lateness for training, and sources have told Football Insider that Spurs will listen to suitable offers for the midfielder.
Football Insider revealed on 6 September that Bissouma could be on his way to the Saudi Pro League or Turkish SuperLig with both competitions’ transfer windows still open, and Spurs won’t stand in his way.
Sources have told Football Insider that the offer of regular first-team football could see Bissouma push for a move away, with the 28-year-old’s chances of a first-team return at Tottenham seen as slim at best.
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Signed to provide competition for Bissouma in defensive midfield at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Joao Palhinha has been described as “perfect” by Alan Shearer after becoming an immediate starter.
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Speaking on the new Inside Track podcast, O’Rourke stated that with Palhinha ahead of him in the pecking order and Frank happy to let him leave, Bissouma’s future looks set to lie away from Tottenham.
“[Bissouma] hasn’t made the best of impressions on Thomas Frank”, he told Football Insider.
“He’ll probably find it hard to get into that Tottenham midfield now, following the signing of [Joao] Palhinha.
“If a suitable offer was to come in for Bissouma, Tottenham would be willing to listen to that, and the player himself might be keen on a move away in search of regular first-team football.”
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With less than a year left on his contract, the time is now for Tottenham to cash in on Bissouma and recoup at least some of the £25million fee they paid Brighton for the Mali international back in 2022.
Spurs are keen to raise funds and could agree a Tottenham Hotspur Stadium naming rights deal worth £20m per season, as the post-Daniel Levy era begins with a conscious effort to bring in new capital.
Selling Bissouma would certainly help with this as Tottenham look to transform aspects of the club such as their wage bill, and with Levy on his way out, it remains to be seen if Spurs will go big to bring in a new number eight.