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I’m not trying to deny recent ITK updates. But I find it ignorant to simply accept them all as truth and proceed to slander one of our players based on some secondhand information. He clearly has suffered through injury this season and therefore has had fitness issues. He also has had to adapt to a new league, city, language, and manager.
Is anyone actually surprised that the press immediately built a narrative involving Mourinho and Ndombele once our results went south? It is all a journalist’s dream. The platform to build on the juicy drama of Mourinho vs Pogba was perfectly set in stone. Mourinho’s Spurs were ravaged by injuries and began to have some poor results. So who else would the fiery Portugese want to fight with than a black, French, record signing midfielder that is “underperforming” in his team. Does this situation ring a bell? The Pogba saga gave this narrative instant credibility and believability to the masses. So many “sources” [which are probably mostly journalists] have likely regurgitated and morphed this story in hopes of being seen as an “insider with a big headline” or “who knew it all along” that almost no one knows the truth anymore.
He could truly be a shithead. I don’t know. But please don’t believe everything you read on the internet.
Only...there has been no such hit piece done by English media.
Every single bad news story of Ndombele- Jose came out of French news source. And every single good piece or denial of any fight came from English media. Common sense says French stories came from his camp and denials came our club PR.
There was only one time Jose directly had a go at him when he said Ndombele decided when he wants to play and doesn’t play thro what’s seen as minor knocks.
Fact that Jose trained him 1on1in middle of pandemic showed his commitment to player...which had couple of negative stories in press.
Also , do we really know what’s his injury is ? At this stage , I am inclined to believe he is just making up small knocks as big injuries.