Thomas Frank has confirmed that Destiny Udogie is back in the Tottenham squad for Saturday's home match against Bournemouth. The left-back has failed to feature for Tottenham since their opening pre-season friendly at Reading due to a knee injury.
Udogie picked up the issue in the warm-up ahead of the friendly at Luton Town in late July and subsequently missed the pre-season tour of Asia and also Tottenham's first three competitive games of the new campaign. Frank did provide a positive update on the player ahead of last weekend's win at Manchester City but the game just came too soon for the 22-year-old to return.
Speaking ahead of this weekend's Premier League encounter against Bournemouth, Frank gave a fresh update on his left-back.
"Yes, he could feature, he's in the squad and that's very positive for us," admitted the Dane.
One player who won't be fit to be included in the squad is Yves Bissouma but there is some good news when it comes to Radu Dragusin making his return from a long-term ACL issue.
"I think with Bissouma, one thing for sure, he's out for the next game and then the specific timeline I'm a little bit in doubt of because I don't think it'll be that long," said Frank. "Dragusin is on the way back and he's been running for a while. I think he should join the team in a week's time, 10 days' time, I think that's the thing, so that's positive, but of course it is an ACL.
"I'm always a little bit more, not worried but just aware that it takes time. When you've been out of football for nine months, you know, you need to get in. It's not enough to have a six-week pre-season. You need to take a little bit more time, but it's positive and and some surprise and come back quicker, of course."