Lyon claim that Ndombele wants to get back ‘to his best’ at club he ‘appreciates’

Lyon have stated that Tanguy Ndombele is keen to get back to his best and insisted that the midfielder has a special affinity for the club.

Spurs snapped up Ndombele for a club-record transfer fee back in the summer of 2019 (The Sun), and the Tottenham faithful were hoping at the time that the Frenchman would be the man to fill Mousa Dembele’s shoes.

However, despite showing some glimpses of his abundant quality, the 25-year-old has not come close to fulfilling his potential at Spurs over the last two and half years.

The midfielder has hardly got a look in under Antonio Conte, with the Italian reportedly having reservations with the player’s attitude and work ethic (The Athletic).

It certainly did not come as a surprise when Spurs offloaded Ndombele on deadline day, with the midfielder returning to Lyon on a loan deal with an option to buy for £54.1m at the end of the season (Fabrizio Romano).

In Lyon’s announcement of Ndombele’s return to the club, the Ligue 1 club insisted that the on-loan Spurs man is keen to get back to his best at his former stomping ground.

Their statement read on Lyon’s official website read: “With more than 200 matches to his credit (16 goals), Tanguy Ndombele thus compensates for the departure of Bruno Guimaraes, transferred to Newcastle, with the ambition of getting back to his best at a club he particularly appreciates and with whom he will try to achieve the objectives set out at the start of the season, both in Ligue 1 and in the Europa League.”

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Whether or not Ndombele has a special affinity for Lyon, the 25-year-old does come across as a person who would perform better in more familiar and comfortable surroundings. So, I would not be surprised if he tore up Ligue 1 during the second half of the season.

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