BISSOUMA: FIRST-CLASS POSTE!

YVES BISSOUMA insists that Ange Postecoglou deserves heaps of praise for absorbing so much criticism to protect his players.

- BY ALAN SMITH

And the midfielder (above) hopes injury-hit Spurs can repay the faith of “Uncle Ange” by delivering a first trophy since 2008 in Wednesday's Europa League Final against Manchester United.

Bissouma has drifted in and out of Postecoglou’s strongest XI during a season that he admits "has been hard for me personally" but the absences of Dejan Kulusevski, James Maddison and Lucas Bergvall means he is almost certain to start in Bilbao.