Tottenham ace flying back after red card as £13m star puts transfer in jeopardy

Tottenham are set to welcome back Yves Bissouma back into the squad during a period where the team have struggled through injury, but a possible transfer exit may be squandered.

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Yves Bissouma is set to return to the club in the near future, as his nation Mali have been knocked out of the Africa Cup of Nations. The 29-year-old captained the side for four of their five matches in the competition, registering draws against hosts Morocco and Comoros, before a penalty shootout win over Tunisia in the round of 16.

Mali then faced off with Senegal in the quarter-finals of AFCON, looking to reach the final four of the competition, only to be halted. An Iliman Ndiaye goal in the 27th minute was enough to hand his side passage to the semi-finals, as Spurs star Pape Matar Sarr remained an unused substitute in the match.

It was despair for Bissouma and Mali, made even worse by the Tottenham man's red card in the first half. He was booked in the 23rd minute for a foul, before picking up a second yellow card in first-half stoppage time, reducing the team to just ten men.

He is now set to fly back to Hotspur Way for the second-half of the campaign, but it remains to be seen if he is part of Thomas Frank's plans moving forward.

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