Ange Postecoglou reveals Yves Bissouma’s Tottenham punishment after ‘laughing gas’ video

Ange Postecoglou reveals Yves Bissouma’s Tottenham punishment after ‘laughing gas’ video

Yves Bissouma posted a video of himself on social media last weekend appearing to inhale laughing gas from a balloon, and Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou revealed the club have taken action


Ange Postecoglou has revealed that Tottenham midfielder Yves Bissouma has been suspended from the opening Premier League game of the season after the 27-year-old posted a video of himself on social media last weekend, appearing to inhale laughing gas from a balloon.

Since 2023, possession of nitrous oxide – also known as NOS – for recreational use has been a criminal offence in the UK and can result in a two-year prison sentence.

“I want to apologise for these videos,” Bissouma said in a statement. “This was a severe lack of judgment. I understand how serious this is and the health risks involved, and I also take my responsibility as a footballer and role model very seriously.”

Despite Bissouma’s apology, Spurs have taken the decision to remove him from selection for the opening game of the season following an internal investigation this week
I’ve been in the game a long time and every time situations like this arise, and they do happen, I’ve always tried to look at them in a couple of different ways,” Postecoglou told reporters.

“One is there’s a person involved, in this case it’s Biss, and he’s made a really poor decision. You want to understand that and want to try to help him through that and as a club what we can do to make sure he doesn’t make those kind of choices and decisions in the future.

“With that context, there’s still sanctions involved and some of those sanctions are education and giving him a clear understanding of how wrong it was. You always want to give people an opportunity to learn from their mistakes.
The second part of that is he is a footballer for this club. He has responsibilities.

“He has responsibilities to the club, he has responsibilities to his teammates, he has responsibilities to supporters and everyone associated with the club and he’s failed in those duties. There’s got to be sanctions for that.

“He won’t be available for Monday. We’ve suspended him from Monday’s game. Beyond that, there’s some trust building that has to happen between Biss and me, and Biss and the group.

“That’s what he needs to work hard at from now on, to win that back.

“That’s got nothing to do with one game. He may be suspended for one game but he has to earn that. The door is open for him and hopefully we can help him to realise that the decisions he makes impacts more than just him and allows him to make better decisions moving forward.
When asked what Bissouma has to do to build that trust again, Postecoglou replied: “Behaviour, mate. It’s quite simple. It’s him making better choices moving forward and behaviour.

“He’s obviously disappointed and he was very apologetic, not just to me but to the club and to everyone involved. But that’s just the first part of the process, the next part is behaviour now.

“Making sure that he does the things he needs to do, like for all of us. We all make mistakes. It is how you find your way back from those mistakes and what you do is far more important than what you say.”


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