Earlier this summer, Tottenham Hotspur and left back Ryan Sessegnon amicably parted ways. It wasn’t exactly a surprise; Sessegnon’s career had been almost completely derailed by persistent injuries over the past two seasons to the point where he had barely played football for more than a year.
It was decided that he needed a fresh start somewhere new where he could hopefully get back to fitness and playing condition. To that end Spurs and Sess mutually terminated his contract and Ryan been training for the past few weeks at Crystal Palace.
But it doesn’t look like he’ll be playing for Palace after all. According to Fabrizio Romano, Sessegnon will re-sign with his former club Fulham, where he and his twin brother Steven came up as youth players.
There’s something romantic about going home, and that feels exactly like what Ryan’s doing here. Fulham is clearly a club where he feels comfortable, as he spent 11 years there as a schoolboy and professional there before moving to Spurs in 2019. He gets to stay in London as well, which along with Palace I’m sure was a big part of his decision-making process.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again here — I’m sad that things just didn’t work out for Sessegnon at Tottenham, because I like him a lot. But things just don’t work out sometimes, and Fulham feels like a place where he’ll, ironically, put his past behind him while heading back to the club of his youth. I wish him well.