The Premier League club has chosen to send Dembele to Qatar to work with some of the very best sports medicine practitioners and benefit from the leading sports medicine expertise, treatment and care that the hospital offers to elite athletes playing in top leagues all over the world.

Over the past few years, Aspetar has become the destination of choice for treating many of the best-known figures in the game including several Spurs players such as midfielder Harry Winks as well as winger Lucas Moura and defender Serge Aurier when they played for former Club Paris Saint-Germain. They join a long list of players from leading teams around the world who have also travelled to Aspetar.

Commenting on his visit, Mousa Dembélé said:

The facilities and environment provided at Aspetar allow me to concentrate and focus on my rehabilitation so I can make a strong comeback.

In parallel with Qatar’s emergence as a sports medicine hub, Aspetar has in recent years established a leading role in the treatment and prevention of injuries to local, regional and international athletes across all sports to deliver its mission and assist athletes to achieve their maximum performance and full potential.

Aspetar was officially accredited as an International Federation of Association Football™ (FIFA) Medical Centre of Excellence (F-MARC) by FIFA Chief Medical Officer in 2009. Aspetar is the region's first Sports Medicine Centre to receive such an honour and joins a prestigious list of 49 medical centres and clinics worldwide who have also been accredited to this high standard.

Aspetar plays an essential role in the development of sports in the State of Qatar and has become a preferred destination for athletes to experience world-class medical service. Shaped by its vision to be a global leader in sports medicine and exercise science by 2020, Aspetar welcomes elite athletes from around the world for treatment purposes.

About Aspetar:

Aspetar is a world leading specialised orthopaedic and sports medicine hospital, and the first of its kind in the Middle East. Since 2007, with a world expert team, the hospital has provided top-level comprehensive medical treatment to all athletes in a state-of-the-art facility that sets new standards internationally.

In 2009, Aspetar was accredited as a “FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence” by F-MARC. In 2013, Aspetar was adopted as a reference collaborator centre by the Gulf Countries Council (GCC) Health Ministers Council and “IOC Research Centre for Prevention of Injury and Protection of Athlete Health” in 2014.

In 2015, Aspetar has been recognised as the “IHF Reference Centre for Athlete and Referee Health”. In the same year, the hospital also achieved the obtained on December 15 the Accreditation Canada International (ACI) “Platinum Level”.

Aspetar is a member–organisation of Aspire Zone Foundation, Qatar’s innovative sports and healthy lifestyle destination.