He was excellent at the Euros
What happened?
I'm a Newcastle fan so let me explain what happened. We robbed Tottenham Hotspur in broad daylight
: We have hated Sissoko for almost 2 years now.
Watching Sissoko play for Newcastle these last 3 years, I can tell you the following;
He decides to only turn up and play 1 in every 13 games (that 1 game is usually televised so he can put himself in shop window)
EVERY SINGLE transfer window (Summer & Winter) since he joined Newcastle, he is talking to the newspapers in France saying it is his dream to play for a Champions League club, it is his dream to play for club of his heart Arsenal, it is his dream to play for PSG, it is his dream to play for Real Madrid
he even went on a French TV show and was basically pimping himself out begging for champions league club as the interview questions were set up to show he's available with the other pundits on the show saying he deserves a Champions League club.
That constant disrespect to Newcastle turned fans against him. We could have forgiven it once, maybe twice but EVERY SINGLE TRANSFER WINDOW? NO
Sissoko is blessed with natural athleticism and can beat a couple of players but he has NO END PRODUCT, can't control the ball and certainly can't pass. Add to that that he is LAZY and I mean LAZY and clearly doesn't care if his team loses, embodied by his couldn't care less attitude and demeanour.
What infuriated us Newcastle fans the most was during the summer watching him at the Euros and seeing when Sissoko actually TRIES he can be quite decent but this was confirmation that he was not trying at all in a season when we were relegated. BUT I repeat NO END PRODUCT after his nice runs where he goes past 2 or 3 players that looks nice, which makes it a complete joke that Payet was dropped from France's starting line up for this guy. I have no doubt France would have won had Payet played instead of this guy.
Video below sums him up, he will only try when he has a TV audience in order put himself in the shop window for a bigger club.
you can expect 3 good games a season from Sissoko, maybe 4 if you're lucky. The rest of the time he is lazy, he hides and is indifferent to whether his team loses.