A number of Tottenham's senior players have not made the trip to New Zealand and Australia
The Tottenham squad for the pre-season tour of New Zealand and Australia has been confirmed but 10 senior stars have been left out of the travelling party.
A 35-player travelling squad was named on Thursday morning, with new signings Martin Dubravka, Andy Robertson, Jan Paul van Hecke, Mateus Fernandes and Sandro Tonali all included. Dubravka, Fernandes and Tonali all played in the behind-closed doors friendly win over MK Dons on Wednesday with the former West Ham midfielder scoring the only goal of the 1-0 victory.
Jamie Donley, Mason Melia, Mikey Moore, Luca Williams-Barnett and Dane Scarlett are some of the youngsters who have been included and will get the chance to impress Roberto De Zerbi against Auckland FC, Sydney FC and Chelsea over the coming week and a half.
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Interestingly, though, there were a number of players who were left out either due to injury or the fact they are still on holiday having played at the World Cup.
Tottenham said in a statement: "Mohamed Kudus, Xavi Simons, Dejan Kulusevski and Wilson Odobert will remain at Hotspur Way to continue their rehabilitation, while Guglielmo Vicario has sustained a minor knock in training and will undergo treatment at our training centre.
"Rodrigo Bentancur and Pape Matar Sarr have been granted extended leave following their appearances at the World Cup, while Pedro Porro, Marcos Senesi, Cristian Romero and Djed Spence will also not travel having reached the latter stages of this summer's tournament."
Porro, Senesi, Romero and Spence are not expected to report back for another two weeks at least, while Bentancur and Sarr will likely come back sooner after Uruguay were knocked out at the World Cup group stage and Senegal exited the tournament at the round of 32.
Kudus, Simons, Kulusevski and Odobert are all recovering from long-term injuries and it does not make sense for them to travel to the other side of the world given they would not take part in the games anyway. Vicario is perhaps the surprise omission, with Spurs instead taking Antonin Kinsky, Martin Dubravka, Brandon Austin and 18-year-old shotstopper Dylan Thompson.
The Italy international has been linked with a move away from Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this summer, with a number of Serie A sides said to be interested in the 29-year-old. The Italian has two years left on his contract at Spurs and Juventus appear to be the frontrunners to land the goalkeeper.