0 Burnley: Thomas Frank reveals new injury blow and responds to Eberechi Eze transfer rumours

Tottenham Hotspur head coach Thomas Frank has revealed a new injury blow for his side following their 3-0 Premier League beating of Burnley on the opening weekend.

The Lilywhites made right the wrongs of their UEFA Super Cup loss to Paris Saint-Germain in midweek, as Richarlison and Brennan Johnson inspired their side to an ultimately comfortable success in front of their own fans.

Richarlison drew first blood with a slick half-volley in the first half, after which the Clarets asked some questions of Frank's backline, but Scott Parker's men were left to rue the absence of a ruthless finisher.

In contrast, Richarlison was a man revived in the final third and came up with an early goal-of-the-season contender in the second half, doubling his and Tottenham's tally with a wonderful overhead kick before Johnson rounded off the scoring.

While Richarlison took most of the plaudits, the midfield pairing of Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall also held their own in the absence of Yves Bissouma, who had been reintegrated into the group after being dropped for the PSG game due to persistent lateness.

Frank confirms Bissouma injury after Tottenham win

However, the Mali international was nowhere to be seen on the team sheet, but in his post-match press conference, Frank confirmed that his absence was injury-related as opposed to another disciplinary concern.

"Unfortunately he got injured in training yesterday so very unfortunate. An injury we [will] look into how much it is," football.london quotes the Danish boss as saying.

Bissouma joins a well-stocked Spurs treatment room also holding Kota Takai, Manor Solomon, Bryan Gil, Radu Dragusin, Destiny Udogie, Dejan Kulusevski and James Maddison, who could miss the entire season with his ACL problem.

Spurs are thought to be close to capturing a replacement for the stricken Maddison, though, as it has been reported in recent hours that they are edging closer to the signing of Eberechi Eze from Crystal Palace, beating fierce rivals Arsenal to his signature.

Frank has been fielding several questions about his side's pursuit of a new number 10 over the past week, and he was directly asked about a possible deal for Eze being wrapped up imminently at the end of his press conference.

Frank responds to Eze transfer question amid Spurs rumours

However, Frank remained coy, responding: "I have that nice principle that I would like to speak about the players that are in-house and all the other speculations I don't want to speak too much about that."

The former Brentford head coach did reiterate the fact that he and his transfer team are looking for reinforcements in the final two weeks of the window, though, adding: "We are definitely in the market.

"I said it before, Daniel [Levy] and Johan [Lange] and Vinai [Venkatesham] are working relentlessly to try to do their best to improve the squad, but we only want to improve the squad if we can't get players in that can improve squad. I want to keep it like is."

Tottenham have a week to get the Eze signing over the line before their second Premier League assignment of the 2025-26 season, which sees the Lilywhites face Manchester City in an engrossing Etihad encounter next Saturday lunchtime.

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