No need to belabor this — Tottenham Hotspur announced today that they have formally parted ways with Tanguy Ndombele after coming to an agreement with the player to mutually terminate his contract. Ndombele will leave Spurs as a free agent at the end of June when his current loan at Galatasaray formally expires.
Tanguy still had one year left to go on his initial contract when he initially signed from Lyon back in 2019 and holy crap does that ever feel like a lifetime ago. He now has freedom to determine his next move, and where he will play his football next. Where that will take place is anyone’s guess, but it feels like a return to France might be a possibility. But who knows.
I know we’ve said everything that needs to be said about Tanguy and his disastrous tenure at Spurs, but ultimately it just makes me sad. He was one of the most exciting footballers I’d ever seen before coming to Spurs, and while he’s certainly culpable for his own performance and behavior while at Tottenham Hotspur, it also feels like the club did not serve him well either. There’s plenty of blame to share as to why he didn’t even come close to fulfilling his promise at Tottenham Hotspur.
But this is the right move for everyone. Spurs get out from underneath the millstone that was his prohibitively expensive wages, and Tanguy gets to make a clean break and a fresh start somewhere new, assuming that’s what he wants. I have no idea what Tanguy actually wants. Hopefully he does.