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Tottenham Hotspur manager Thomas Frank has confirmed that Yves Bissouma will return to the matchday squad for Saturday's Premier League opener with Burnley in North London.
The Mali international was axed from the ranks for Wednesday's UEFA Super Cup loss to Paris Saint-Germain, and Frank subsequently revealed that he had been omitted owing to persistent lateness.
Bissouma is now in the final year of his Spurs contract and has been heavily linked with an exit during the summer transfer window; Juventus are believed to have identified him as a possible Douglas Luiz successor.
However, speaking to reporters in Friday's press conference, Frank revealed that he had drawn a line under the incident and will welcome Bissouma back into the ranks for the visit of the Clarets.
"Bissouma was a situation. I addressed it, there was a consequence. He will be in the squad tomorrow," football.london quotes the Dane as saying.
Bissouma returns for Spurs against Burnley after PSG axing
Bissouma's return will bolster a Tottenham squad who have been hit with several fitness concerns at the start of the campaign, none more so than James Maddison, whose pre-season ACL injury could see him miss the entire 2025-26 year.
Fellow creator Dejan Kulusevski is also absent owing to his own knee problem, as is Romanian defender Radu Dragusin, while Kota Takai, Manor Solomon and Bryan Gil are all at differing stages of their recoveries from various injuries.
Meanwhile, left-back Destiny Udogie has been nursing a knee concern since the summer, although he is expected to be the next cab off the rank in terms of Spurs' injured players and was said to have been progressing well earlier this week.
However, Frank admitted on Friday that the visit of Burnley would come too soon for the Italy international - meaning Djed Spence should deputise at left-back once again - but he has no fresh concerns from midweek.
"Every player who was available is available for the team. Destiny is progressing but it's too early for him to be involved in the squad," the former Brentford boss added.
Frank aiming to avoid breaking Tottenham manager streak in Burnley clash
When Frank takes charge of his first Premier League game for Tottenham on Saturday, the Scandinavian coach will be bidding to avoid breaking an unbeaten managerial streak that has stood for 13 years.
Across both permanent and caretaker managers, none of Spurs' last eight head coaches have lost their first Premier League match in charge of the Lilywhites; Frank's predecessors have picked up five wins and three draws in that time.
The last Lilywhites boss to suffer defeat on their Premier League managerial debut with the club was Andre Villas-Boas, who oversaw a 2-1 loss to Newcastle United on the opening day of the 2012-13 top-flight season.
Since then, Ange Postecoglou, Cristian Stellini, Ryan Mason, Jose Mourinho, Antonio Conte, Mauricio Pochettino, Tim Sherwood and Nuno Espirito Santo have all come away with at least a point from their first Premier League games at the helm, while Mason also avoided defeat in the first game of his second spell as interim boss in 2023 - a 2-2 draw with Manchester United.
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