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PREMIER League ace Yves Bissouma has told how he took hippy crack in the wake of a series of terrifying burglaries which cost him £1million.
Tottenham Hotspur’s £40million star was pictured last week in The Sun on Sunday inhaling the illegal drug.
He said of the latest break-in and its consequences: “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.”
After the break-in at his London home in July, a shocked Bissouma, 29, filmed the aftermath declaring: “Oh my god . . . look what they did.”
The Mali international, who starred in Spurs’ Europa League triumph in May, was caught using the drug on a night out last month.
It is the second time the £50,000-a-week midfielder has been found using hippy crack. He was suspended by Spurs in August last year after the first occurrence.
Of the latest incident, he added:
“I feel really bad about it. I have to apologise.
When the picture came out it affected me and everyone, especially my family.
“When my Dad saw it, he was panicking because he didn’t feel good.
“I tried to make him understand that it’s a hard image, but not who I am.
“I know it’s not good for me, for my image, because I’m a professional football player.”
Robbers got away with luxury designer watches, jewellery and designer bags.
Footage taken by the ace moments after the raid in July shows empty watch cases strewn on the floor at his home.
Bissouma can be heard saying in disbelief:
“Look what they did. They come (sic) and robbed me.
“My watches . . . they robbed my watches. They robbed my jewellery.
“Like, it’s actually crazy, like. What they did in my room is f*g . . . I can’t believe that.
“I just . . . oh my god. Look at all of my watches.
“They took everything.
“ They took my jewellery. They took my bags as well.”
Watches taken include a Rolex, an Audemars Piguet and a Patek Philippe — all of which can cost hundreds of thousands of pounds.
As he pans the camera, Bissouma also reveals his £4,000 designer skateboard from the same brand.
Several jewellery pieces were also taken.
The clip also shows walls of Louis Vuitton bags — each worth around £5,000.
In one room, there are shelves filled with expensive trainers each with their own individual display case.
Experts think the sneakers alone could be worth £21,000 — with one yellow and gold pair of Nike X Off-White AIR Force 1 Trainer setting him back £3,106.
The footballer said:
“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.”
After our damning photo of Bissouma drawing on a balloon last week, inset above, Spurs have launched an internal probe.
Furious boss Thomas Frank said it had become a disciplinary matter.
Hippy crack is not a performance enhancing drug, but it is illegal.
The talented midfielder has not featured under Frank since August.
He was dropped before the UEFA Super Cup in August due to repeated lateness, but has since been sidelined by injuries.
The latest burglary is the third time the footballer has been targeted — the first two incidents forced him to move house.
In June 2024, while in the south of France, he was also mugged and doused with pepper spray.
The most serious burglary happened on November 25 last year.
Masked thieves tried to hammer down his front door, forcing the ace to flee out the back. And five months ago in July, two men again attempted to break into his new house.
To compound matters, he claims at the start of the year £1million was stolen off him by a pal.
He is still going through lawyers to recoup the money. — Sun.
