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Thomas Frank expects Brennan Johnson to be back in the frame to face his former side Nottingham Forest on Sunday.

The forward missed our 3-0 win over Slavia Prague in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday after being touch and go in the build up but our Head Coach revealed the 24-year-old was back in training ahead of our Premier League trip to the City Ground.

Following back-to-back home wins in all competitions, we're on our travels this weekend with everyone that was available last time out fit for the Forest trip.

Speaking at his pre-match press conference on Friday afternoon, Thomas said: "I expect him [Brennan] to be available for Forest, he trained today. Everyone that was available for Slavia will be available for Forest."

Our Head Coach was also asked for an update on long-term absentee Dominic Solanke after the striker posted on social media with a picture of him in Spurs action earlier in the season and two sand timer emojis.

The 28-year-old has been sidelined since he featured off the bench in our 2-0 win at Manchester City on 23 August and, whilst he remains away from the squad with an indefinite return date, Dom is back working on the grass in an individual capacity.

"I guess it is good news when he posts there [on social media]," Thomas elaborated. "As I said with Dom, because it is an injury that he picked up in July, it’s dragged on for a while. When he is training fully with the team and available for selection, I’ll say something."

The date and kick-off time for our FA Cup third round tie with Aston Villa has now been confirmed.

Drawn against the Villans in the competition for the second time in as many seasons, we will host the West Midlands outfit at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday 10 January, 2026.

The game has been selected for TV broadcast in the UK on BBC One, iPlayer, TNT Sports 1 and discovery+ and will kick off at 5.45pm (UK).

Ticketing details for the game will be confirmed in due course.

Nottingham Forest could be without goalkeeper Matz Sels for our visit to the City Ground on Sunday.

The Belgium international, who has played every minute of the Premier League season so far for Sean Dyche's side, missed their 2-1 Europa League win away at FC Utrecht on Thursday night due to a groin issue.

Sels didn't travel to the Netherlands with the Forest squad as a precaution, which Dyche is hoping some extra rest will give him the best chance to play on Sunday afternoon.

While Sels' status is up in the air, they will definitely be without club captain Ryan Yates, who is sidelined with a hamstring injury that could be a "slow one", according to Dyche.

Yates was forced off just 16 minutes after coming on as a half-time substitute in their 3-0 loss at Everton last weekend.

For their win in Utrecht, Dyche made nine changes to the side that fell to defeat away at Everton, with Oleksander Zinchenko and Douglas Luiz returning from an extended spell on the sidelines, both making their first starts in over a month.

Brazilian defender Murillo also returned to the side after missing the last three games due to a minor hamstring issue, which was then followed by an illness.

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The draw for the UEFA Youth League round of 32 takes place on Friday at 2.30pm UK time.

The next stage of the Under-19 competition sees the top 22 teams from the league stage – which mirrored that of the senior UEFA Champions League for the first six matchdays – joined by 10 more clubs from the domestic champions pathway.

The top six finishers in the league phase will be drawn at home in one-legged ties to the teams that ended up 17th to 22nd.

Clubs that finished seventh to 16th – including us – will be away to one of the 10 sides coming from the domestic champions pathway, again in one-legged matches.

We finished ninth overall, winning four of our six league stage games, with our stunning 9-1 home victory over Slavia Prague on Tuesday meaning we’re the competition’s top scorers with 28 goals to date.

Wayne Burnett’s side will therefore be drawn away to one of AZ Alkmaar, Dinamo-Minsk, Dynamo Kyiv, HJK Helsinki, Legia Warszawa, Köln, Maccabi Haifa, Puskás Akadémia, Real Betis or Žilina.

Round of 32 ties are scheduled to be played on 3 or 4 February, 2026.

The competition concludes as a four-team tournament in Nyon, Switzerland in April.

Highlights | Thompson and Williams-Barnett score hat-tricks against Slavia Prague Under-19s

We’re delighted to announce that Jun’ai Byfield has signed his first professional contract with the club.

The young defender, who turned 17 on Saturday, has been with us since the age of eight and has progressed through the ranks to become a regular for our Under-21s this season, despite technically being an Under-18s player in his first year of full-time football.

Last term, Jun’ai played frequently for our Under-18s despite still being a schoolboy and captained us to Under-17 Premier League Cup glory in April.

A striker in his younger days, the centre-half featured for the first team in pre-season and has been named as a substitute in six senior competitive matches so far this term, including the UEFA Super Cup in Udine.

On the international stage, he has represented England up to Under-18 level to date.

Watch | Byfield discusses first pro deal

"Slavia Prague are yet to win in the Champions League this season, but draws against Atalanta, Bodø/Glimt and Athletic Club show they have fight. A 6ft 6ins striker may cause problems - while perhaps Micky van de Ven could be persuaded to go on another extraordinary run..."

Rob Daly, official club commentator, presenter and pundit

How do Slavia Prague set up?

More often than not, tonight’s visitors set up with three at the back – in a 3-4-3 or 3-5-2. While dominant domestically (they’re top), they rank 31st in the Champions League for average possession (43.8%) and 35th of 36 teams for passes completed. They’ll try to play narrow and compact out of possession - meaning whoever starts in advanced central midfield for Spurs, be it Xavi Simons, Lucas Bergvall or Pape Matar Sarr, needs to be finding pockets of space to make something happen. Slavia are having to battle in this competition, an idea reinforced by the fact they’ve made the second most tackles (27 per game), second most clearances (33 per game) and most fouls (18 per game) of any Champions League side.

Struggling to score...

Slavia haven’t scored in their last four Champions League games – although two of those were 3-0 losses to Inter and Arsenal. Their last goals came in a 2-2 draw with Bodø/Glimt back in September, and only Ajax (1) have scored fewer. There has been a team focus on working the ball wide as quickly as possible, be it to their advancing wingbacks or wide forwards on the counter-attack, to try to cross into the area quickly. There’s a 6ft 6ins reason for that – the towering figure of striker Tomáš Chorý. Having scored 20 goals last season, the Czech international is a physical handful, happy to get into it with opposition defenders – as Arsenal’s Gabriel found out recently, needing treatment on a first-half facial injury. Keep an eye out for defender Youssoupha Mbodji too, who had the instinct to get forward and meet two crosses for goals in the 2-2 draw with Bodø/Glimt.

Run Micky, run...

Micky van de Ven enjoyed an iconic Champions League goal with his rampaging run to score against Copenhagen on Matchday 4. But with Slavia Prague in their defensive shape, it wouldn’t hurt for the Dutchman to break forward in possession again and fragment their set up. Bodo/Glimt nearly scored from one such run – while Arsenal sent William Saliba into midfield from centre-back at times to add an extra body. Slavia also struggled with Athletic Club’s aggression out of possession in their last Champions League match (0-0), giving away the ball too often near their own box. “(Athletic Club) pressed us, not letting us get out, which helped them a lot,” explained head coach Jindřich Trpišovský post-match. “We struggled to recover second balls due to the quality of their players. They dealt with our style of play really well."

Key players...

This was a sentiment echoed by defender Štěpán Chaloupek upon full-time, who was full of praise for their goalkeeper after claiming a point against their visitors from Bilbao. "Thanks to Jindřich Staněk for his saves, especially after the mistakes in our build-up. He kept us in the game." Staněk made four big stops – and kept out a penalty in the opening league phase game against Bodø/Glimt. It’s a position they’re well covered in. Fellow goalkeeper Jakub Markovič was one of seven Slavia players in the latest Czechia squad. Others include Lukáš Provod, a mobile midfielder with an eye for a pass, former PSV man Michal Sadilek, who can unleash a dangerous left foot shot from distance, and David Doudera, a big offensive threat down the right side.

The first-ever SK Slavia Prague manager was a Scotsman who had a brief spell with us towards the end of his playing career - John Madden.

Scotland to Spurs to Slavia

John Madden played for Dumbarton Albion, Dumbarton Hibernian and Gainsborough Trinity prior to being invited to play in Celtic’s first-ever match in May, 1888. He won three titles at Celtic, plus the Scottish Cup, scoring 49 goals in 118 appearances. A brief spell at Dundee preceded his arrival at Tottenham during December, 1897 and he went on to play eight times for us at the end of 1897/88, twice in the Southern League. Madden’s Slavia Prague connection is believed to have come about when he accompanied Celtic on their tour to Prague during May, 1904. He was offered the job as manager and took up the post with effect from 15 February, 1905. Under Madden, Slavia won the local cup competition four times in five years between 1908-1912 and the Czechoslovakian league championship in 1925, 1929 and 1930. Madden retired during June, 1930 and, having married a local lady, remained in the city until his passing on April 17, 1948.

Our first meeting with SK Slavia Prague was in May, 1905, part of a seven-match tour of the Austro-Hungarian empire – our first ever overseas tour. It was another century before we faced them again in European competition - then we played them four times in 18 months! Back in 1905, we played three games in Vienna and two in Budapest before arriving for two matches in Prague. We played Slavia at their stadium in the Letna area of Prague, close to the present home of city rivals Sparta. Level at 1-1 at half-time, we added seven without reply in the second half - ‘Ginger’ Walton, John Cameron and Walter Bull netted two apiece with Alex Glen and Charlie O’Hagan also on the scoresheet.

After a seven-year absence - we played in the UEFA Cup in 1999/2000 - we were back in Europe after finishing fifth in the Premier League under Martin Jol in 2005/06. First up in the first round of the 2006/07 UEFA Cup - Slavia Prague. We travelled to the Czech Republic for the first leg on 14 September, 2006, returning with a 1-0 win, Jermaine Jenas on target. We repeated the scoreline at home for a 2-0 aggregate win, Robbie Keane on target at the Lane. We progressed to the fifth round where we were beaten over two legs by Sevilla. Since 2005/06, we've played in Europe in 18 of 20 seasons - a stark contrast to the previous 20 season, where we played in Europe just twice - 1991/92 and 1999/00.

We were soon renewing acquaintances with Slavia Prague as we drew them again in the third round of the UEFA Cup in 2008. We won the away leg 2-1 with Robbie Keane and Dimitar Berbatov on target and were in control at 3-1 on aggregate when Jamie O'Hara opened the scoring in the second leg at the Lane. However, the visitors hit back and it needed a late save from Paul Robinson to keep us in front. As we reported at the time - Jamie's goal extended a run of firsts for the midfielder - debut, first start, first home game, first call into the England U21 squad, first game in Europe, first goal. We went out on penalties to PSV in the fourth round - future Spur Heurelho Gomes providing the heroics in goal for PSV.

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We can confirm that Jessica Naz has suffered an Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury in her right knee.

The England international forward sustained the injury during the second half of Sunday’s Barclays Women’s Super League match against Aston Villa at Brisbane Road, and will undergo surgery.

Jess will then commence her rehabilitation process with our medical staff. Everyone at the Club gives Jess their full love and support on her recovery journey.