 Nyorera kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kwemwaka wa2008-09, Tottenham yakaita kutanga kwayo kwakaipisisa kumushandirapamwe kubva muna 1912, ichirasikirwa nenhanhatu uye ichidhirowa maviri emitambo yavo misere yekutanga yePremier League. Panguva iyoyo, mikana yaAssou-Ekotto yebhora rekutanga-timu yaive shoma uye akataura kuti aida kusiya England kuti adzokere kunhabvu yeFrance. Zvisinei, maneja weSpurs Harry Redknapp akafunga kupa Assou-Ekotto mukana wekutamba muchikwata. Akavandudza nekukurumidza nemitambo yenguva dzose uye akazova sarudzo yekutanga kusvika kumagumo emwaka wa2008-09. Paakawanazve hutano hwake mumwaka wa2008-09, akazove wekutanga-sarudzo yekuNorth London kirabhu kuruboshwe kumashure nekuda kwetambo yemitambo yakanaka pasi peRedknapp. Akatanga mufainari ye2009 League Cupvachipesana neManchester United, kwaakatamba zvakanaka zvikuru vachipesana naCristiano Ronaldo. Kunyange zvazvo Tottenham yakarasikirwa nemutambo pamakumbo, Assou-Ekotto akaita kuruboshwe kumashure nzvimbo yake yemwaka wese sezvo akaita basa rakadai mumutambo wese. Musi wa19 Nyamavhuvhu 2009, akasaina chibvumirano chekuwedzera chibvumirano chake chekumuchengeta mukirabhu kusvika 2013. Maneja Redknapp akarumbidza Assou-Ekotto, achiti, Ndinofunga akambokuvadzwa asi ndakafadzwa naye mwaka uno sezvo anga ari muchimiro chakanaka. Iye akatarira shure kuruboshwe runoshamisa. 