Jose Mourinho sends special message to Tanguy Ndombele

Jose Mourinho has sent a message to Tanguy Ndombele, backing him to come good at Tottenham. He added it is “no drama” that he is not in the starting line-up. The France international joined Spurs in a club-record deal a year ago, but he has been beset by injury problems and has been left on the bench by both Mauricio Pochettino and Mourinho. Indeed, the latter has publicly criticised his performances and fitness. Mourinho sees no reason why the midfielder cannot become a success at Spurs. “Nothing happens when a player has no talent,” Mourinho, who hinted Ndombele will be involved at Sheffield United, said. “When a player has no talent, nothing happens. You are born without potential, you die without potential. “When you have talent lots of things can change and lots of things can happen. I didn’t know it was but, as a year, it’s one year since he arrived but six months since I arrived. Maybe for the first six months, I am not the guy to go through what happened in the first six months. Which I think is very, very important. “When a player arrives from a different club, a different country, from a different football culture. What happened during the first six months I don’t know. I know when I arrived there were problems. Injuries, small injuries, physical condition and that broke that initial impact when a player starts working with the manager. It broke the immediate impact you can have with other players. “Football is full of players who have made difficult starts and then ended well. When Luka Modric arrived at Real Madrid after six months he was labelled the worst signing in their history. A few months later he was a champion, then a few months later he was European champion. Then a few months later he was voted the best player in the world.” Source: teamtalk