Thomas Frank updates on Destiny Udogie and Yves Bissouma ahead of Burnley

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Thomas Frank reports that Destiny Udogie is 'progressing' but will not feature in our Premier League opener against Burnley at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday (3pm).

The full-back has been sidelined since 26 July, when he 'felt something' in his knee in the warm-up ahead of our pre-season friendly against Luton Town.

Thomas had good news on the rest of the squad after such a huge effort in the heat of Udine against PSG in the UEFA Super Cup on Wednesday evening.

Speaking at his pre-match press conference this morning, Thomas said: "Every player is available for the team tomorrow. Destiny is progressing, but's too early for him to be involved in the squad."

Thomas was asked later about Yves Bissouma, who was left out of the squad for PSG due to disciplinary reasons. "Bissouma was a situation, I addressed it, there was a consequence, he will be in the squad tomorrow. We move forward. We have a big game tomorrow."

Thomas also reported that Manor Solomon was back from injury and trained part of the session with the team on Thursday. Dominic Solanke returned from injury off the bench in the second half against PSG. The longer-term injured players James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski and Radu Dragusin remain sidelined.