Tottenham’s Yves Bissouma left furious over something that’s happened leading up to international break

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Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Yves Bissouma has been left furious during this international break.

The Lilywhites will not take to the pitch again until 30 March when they host Luton Town at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Ange Postecoglou’s side will go into that game on the back of a shocking defeat against Fulham last weekend.

But that is not what has left Yves Bissouma seething…

What happened to leave Yves Bissouma furious

A number of the Tottenham players have now departed Hotspur Way for the March international break.

However, Bissouma is not one of them.

The Mali midfielder was not included in his national squad as they face two friendly games against Mauritania and then Nigeria.

And according to reports from his homeland, this has left the 27-year-old absolutely furious to the point where he has deleted posts from social media referencing his national side.

This comes just a matter of weeks following Mali’s elimination from the Africa Cup of Nations which was won by the hosts, Ivory Coast.

It wasn’t an easy tournament for the midfielder who contracted malaria whilst away on international duty.

Bissouma recently likened to Tottenham fan favourite

It has not bee a straightforward season for the midfielder who has missed a lot of game time through suspensions and AFCON.

He has still been able to tally up 20 appearances in the Premier League, but his absences have certainly disrupted his form.

Bissouma made a strong start to the campaign under Postecoglou, but his red card against Luton Town was potentially the start of his turbulent displays.

But speaking just a few weeks back, journalist Alasdair Gold suggested he saw similarities in Bissouma’s game to Mousa Dembele.

He said: “It’s a bit like [Mousa] Dembele. Dembele wasn’t a guy that you were going to get many shots at goal from. He wasn’t a guy that you were going to get killer final ball from what he what he would do was in that just before the final third almost, you know, just kind of area midway in the opposition half.

“He would take a couple of players out of the game with a little turn with a little bit of holding the ball just anything and that would allow, suddenly, everyone else in the attack to suddenly have the more freedom that they previously had.”

However, there may well be a lot of Spurs fans who would disagree on the back of some of Bissouma’s recent performances.

And it leave Postecoglou with a big decision to make ahead of the game against Luton next time out.

Rodrigo Bentancur could well return back into the starting XI, but whether it is for Bissouma or Pape Matar Sarr – who also didn’t perform against Fulham – is up for debate.