Tottenham defender Japhet Tanganga has opened up about the challenges he faced in the past six months.

The 24-year-old has not been in the team for Spurs for the past 18 months in the Premier League.

However, a loan spell at Bundesliga side Augsburg in Germany has not gone according to plan either.

Now on-loan with Millwall, Tanganga said: "I think in football it's a lot of things, it's not just one thing. Obviously I came over there injured and they still took me on.

"The manager was sacked and the new one came in and he had his ideologies and he didn't favor me in the team, but that's not a problem, that's how football goes.

“I was just keeping myself ready for when an opportunity arises for when I was able to be involved. Unfortunately, it didn't.

"But I wanted to be ready and fit to maybe find somewhere else in January for an opportunity if it presented itself, which it did. Now I'm here at Millwall, involved in [three] games more than I did at Augsburg, which is progress."