YVES BISSOUMA has revealed he slept at the Tottenham training ground as he was too scared to sleep at home after getting burgled.
The midfielder has been the victim of a mugging and a burglary within the last 18 months.
He was sprayed with tear gas outside a hotel in France and robbed of his £260,000 watch.
Months later in November 2024 masked thieves entered his home and stole hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of designer gear.
The Premier League ace, 29, has since opened up on several “traumatic” raids on his home, which saw luxury watches, bags and jewellery nicked.
Bissouma revealed he took hippy crack to deal with the string of burglaries after he was pictured last week in The Sun on Sunday inhaling the illegal drug.
The Spurs star also said he slept overnight at the club training ground on multiple occasions as he was too scared to stay at his home.
He told The Sun: “My mental health has been bad at times. It is not an excuse for what happened, but I hope people can maybe understand me a bit more because of this.
“Sometimes, I was too scared to sleep at home so I slept in the training ground.
“For like three, four, sometimes five days, I was sleeping there because I did not want to be at home. Even talking about this is hard.
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“All these things were going on in my head, worrying about my dad who is not well, and sometimes I think as a human, it’s a bit hard.
“You’re trying to stay strong. On my face I was trying to show love but my insides were burning. I spoke with a mental health therapist sometimes five times a week.
“It’s depression, yes. Was I crying to die? No. Sometimes in life you feel a bit down, but have to try to refresh your mind and stay strong.”
Bissouma apologised to Spurs fans for his actions for inhaling nitrous oxide.
Furious boss Thomas Frank said it had become a disciplinary matter – hippy crack is not a performance enhancing drug, but it is illegal.
Bissouma said: “I am sorry. This incident broke something in me I didn’t even know I could break.
“I apologise to the fans. The trauma added to my life — fear, panic, depression and paranoia.
“I’m a strong person. I’m a mentally and physically strong African man.
“I’ve faced battles and storms, but these incidents . . . they broke something in me I didn’t even know could break. I’ve asked myself, ‘why me?’, more times than I can count.
“I hate feeling like a victim, but what I lost wasn’t just material.
“It was what the trauma added to my life — fear, panic, depression, paranoia, sleepless nights and a constant loss of trust.
“I don’t want to talk about it [the balloon] any more because it’s over. But to the fans, I am very sorry.”
