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We did warn them.

When Moussa Sissoko finally got his wish to leave Newcastle United in the summer, Magpies fans couldn’t believe their luck that Tottenham Hotspur paid £30million for his services.

There is no doubt Sissoko possessed talent, but far too often he didn’t display it in a black-and-white shirt. For all of his explosive power and pace going forward, his return of 11 goals in 118 games on Tyneside is nowhere near the kind of levels that warranted Champions League football, something he continued to plead for every time he joined up with the French national squad.

But often in life if you continue to bang the drum then eventually someone will listen, and Mauricio Pochettino’s Spurs stumped up £30million on deadline day.

Newcastle fans reacted gleefully about the news, but Spurs fans seemed convinced they had bought a top-class player.

Sissoko impressed in the Euro 2016 final for France and often fans’ perception of Sissoko is blurred through the odd moment of brilliance being captured during a five-minute highlight reel of a 90-minute match.

Yet a matter of six games into his Tottenham career and Spurs fans are already turning on their marquee signing.

The 27-year-old was largely ineffective in Saturday’s 1-1 draw with West Bromwich Albion and spurned a glorious opportunity (as shown in the video above) as he badly miskicked his close-range effort.

Twitter user Matt Fife poured scorn on Sissoko’s goal attempt, saying: “Started playing football the other week, I’m pretty rubbish. However, it is good to see Sissoko’s not much better either. #ShotOfTheWeekend”

Similarly @broomy asked: “Why is Moussa Sissoko paid to play football? And why is he paid by my club?”

Michael Meade added: “Sissoko. 30mil price tag with 0 goals and 0 assists.”

And a West Brom fan got in on the act as he compared the respective records of their midfielder Nacer Chadli - who the Frenchman effectively replaced at Spurs - and Sissoko: “Chadli = 13 Million Sissoko = 30 Million Chadli: 4 Goals, 2 Assists Sissoko: 0”

To see how Spurs fans are beginning to turn on Moussa Sissoko have a read below.