Mauricio Pochettino admits he was prepared to let Moussa Sissoko leave Tottenham in the summer.
The midfielder struggled last season following a £30million move from Newcastle that made him their joint-record highest transfer, alongside Erik Lamela, at the time.
Sissoko, 28, spoke out in May about ‘the worst season of [his] career’ and that he was not ‘expecting such a low playing time’. For the first time his manager has revealed that he was willing to let the player go but that the club did not receive any bids matching their valuation.
‘The player was the first interested to move or to leave because he wanted to play more in a season that has the World Cup at the end,’ Pochettino said.