Tottenham will have another new face this summer in Japan international Kota Takai but he is likely to hand Thomas Frank a dilemma.
Spurs are set to sign the 20-year-old centre-back for £5million from Kawasaki Frontale, a fee that is a J.League record one for a Japanese player. Takai is expected to be part of the first team squad under Tottenham's new head coach Frank this season after the Dane gave the green light to his move.
One problem will face the new Spurs boss though when it comes to the newcomer and it is a issue that will also apply to another new arrival in 18-year-old centre-back Luka Vuskovic. The dilemma is which players Frank can name in his Champions League squad next season.
Due to the club's struggles with a lack of club-trained senior players, Frank currently has 31 players to fit into 22 European squad spots and that is before any more new signings arrive this summer. Of course, the Dane must also decide who leaves Spurs this summer but it is still likely that he will be required to leave a player or two out of his Champions League squad as all of his predecessors have had to do in European competition.
With so many centre-backs at the north London outfit currently that might mean that either Takai or Vuskovic, or potentially both, miss out on playing in the world's biggest club competition.
Our Spurs correspondent Alasdair Gold and head of football.london Lee Wilmot discuss the above and plenty more about Takai and what the young Japanese defender will bring to the club and what Tottenham must do in the transfer window in the latest episode of Gold & Guest Talk Tottenham.