Tottenham reveal Champions League travelling squad with 12 absent

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Tottenham Hotspur will be looking to get back to winning ways as they take on Monaco in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday night.

Spurs were on the wrong end of a 2-1 scoreline at home to Aston Villa in the Premier League on Sunday, having led the game 1-0 thanks to a Rodrigo Bentancur strike.

Thomas Frank's side sit ninth in the Champions League league phase standings after two games, having beaten Villarreal 1-0 in the opening match before drawing 2-2 in the Arctic circle against Bodo/Glimt on matchday two.

Making the trip to France, they will face a Monaco team without a win in the Champions League yet this season, having lost one and drawn one so far - losing to Club Brugge but drawing with Manchester City.

Players missing

Tottenham will be without a number of players for the trip - Mathys Tel being one because he was not named in the Champions League squad at the start of the season. Radu Dragusin, Kota Takai and long-term injured duo James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski are in the same boat

Dominic Solanke and Yves Bissouma also remain sidelined with injuries of their own.

There are also question marks over the fitness of captain Cristian Romero, who was a late withdrawal from the game against Aston Villa having picked up an injury in the warm-up. The Argentine was not in training ahead of the match against Monaco, neither was left-back Destiny Udogie, nor fellow defender Ben Davies.

It does mean the Spurs boss has somewhat limited options when it comes to naming a 20-man matchday squad for the clash in the principality.

As is customary on social media, Tottenham have given us an insight into the make-up of the squad for the game against Monaco with a social media video.

The Tottenham players have been videoed boarding the plane for France and in the video 17 players were spotted.

Guglielmo Vicario was present, alongside defenders Micky van de Ven, Pedro Porro, Djed Spence and Kevin Danso. Midfielders Lucas Bergvall, Pape Matar Sarr, Rodrigo Bentancur, Joao Palhinha, Archie Gray and Xavi Simons also boarded the plane, with forwards Brennan Johnson, Wilson Odobert, Mohammed Kudus, Dane Scarlett, Richarlison and Randal Kolo Muani also getting on board.

Expected additions

That is about as many first team players as Frank can call upon right now, except for one, maybe two, who were missing from the video. Vicario was the only keeper spotted in the video, with no sign of either Antonin Kinsky or Brandon Austin.

One or both are likely to be part of the travelling squad too, given Spurs cannot go into a big game without a second keeper.

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