Thomas Frank shared updates about the health of the Tottenham squad.
Spurs sealed a 2-0 win over Brentford on the weekend, and they turn their attention to Champions League midweek football against Slavia Prague. The side is still missing three senior figures in the attack, but the head coach will look to build on the offensive momentum of the victory over the Bees.
“Destiny Udogie, as I said after the [Brentford] game unfortunately picked up a hamstring injury at the end of the Newcastle United game, so he’s out until January. Brennan Johnson is touch and go.
“I liked the performance, as I said after the game, but we're also playing a lot of games, so there will be a bit of rotation. I think that's the right thing to do to make sure everyone is coming full of energy and freshness but also keeping a core.
“It's an internal matter [about Yves Bissouma] that we're dealing with at the moment, and when we have dealt with that, then I will have a comment on it.
“I will confirm when Dejan Kulusevski is available for the squad. It's part of the recovery. There’s a plan for everything.
“It's very early stages. It's still a long-term injury, so it's good to see [James Maddison] out there, but very early stages. There's no specific time frame. It'll be a long time before he's available.
“Of course, if I knew back then what I know now, it maybe would have changed the decision [to leave out Mathys Tel], no doubt about that. Of course, it's something we can have into consideration if you can change one player, when is the timing, when can the other player be back and all that.
“There was also a decision in terms of some of the other long-term injuries. When can they be back? You need players that are fit and available, so we have enough players to shoot with from the bench.”