Tottenham are reportedly set to release Tanguy Ndombele from his contract a year early.
The France midfielder joined for a club-record £55million from Lyon in 2019.
However, the 27-year-old has only made 91 appearances over five years and hasn’t played for the club since January 2022.
On that day, Spurs were 1-0 down in the FA Cup third round against Morecambe and dawdled off the pitch when substituted.
This irked supporters who roundly booed their player for his antics before their team scored three goals in 14 minutes to scrape victory over the minnows.
Since then, Ndombele has had loan spell with former side Lyon, Napoli, and Galatasaray.
And he has earned league titles with the last two, although mainly figuring as a substitute, and featured in the Champions League.
According to reports in France, though, Ndombele will not be given a shot at redemption in north London.
It’s believed the he and Tottenham have amicable agreed to end his enormous £200,000-a-week wage and it could be announced imminently.
Spurs fans will feel frustration at the player’s exit given the amount of talent he possesses but has been unable to harness.
Ndombele scored on his Premier League debut against Aston Villa and went on to score a key goal against Manchester United, while also delivering eight assists.
Tottenham managers were also left exasperated by the player.
During his time in charge, Jose Mourinho said: “Tanguy, I have to be honest, Tanguy is the kind of guy who you always expect more than what he gives you, because he is so talented that you always expect more.
“More because the talent is amazing. You know I think by the talent point of view, by the creation in midfield, by the vision, he is second to nobody at this moment in European football.
“But the feeling is always that he has something more to give. He never reaches the limits of the effort, the sacrifice, even the ambition.
“So he is the guy that I love him as a player but frustrates me a little bit because I think he can be much better, much better than what he is.
“When I see, for example, France and Tanguy was not playing, I don’t blame Didier [Deschamps]. I blame Tanguy, because he’s better than the other guys.
“He should show that every day in training and in every match.”
Speaking about Ndombele’s struggles at Spurs, Antonio Conte said in 2021: “I have seen many managers struggle with his position.
“He has the quality. He has to understand it is a team and he has to play into the team. It is important to do what the position asks you to do.
“We are working very hard. He has to work much more than the others. He has talent but he has to put it into the team for the team, not for the single player.”
The news comes just days after Spurs released Ryan Sessegnon, Eric Dier, Ivan Perisic and Japhet Tanganga.