Thomas Frank now has his full Tottenham squad to work with following the return of the club’s international players earlier this week. Starting pre-season training at Hotspur Way last weekend with those not involved in international action during the summer as well as the returning loan stars, the numbers have been boosted over the past few days with a large chunk of players beginning their training for the new season.
Frank can now take a look at his full squad and start making decisions as he gets his plans in place ahead of the Premier League opener against Burnley. The first opportunity to see the Dane’s Tottenham team will be one week today when the team face Reading in a friendly at the Select Car Leasing Stadium.
Tottenham have once again given fans an insight into how pre-season training is going following the release of another video. Here’s what we spotted from the latest video and social media posts:
Sonny returns
Son Heung-min is now back at Tottenham’s Enfield base following his time off this summer. The captain arrived back slightly later than his fellow internationals as football.london understands he had some pre-agreed family commitments to attend to.
There was no sign of Son in the club’s latest training video but they did publish a photo of him returning to Hotspur Way on their Instagram account on Friday afternoon. It remains to be seen what will happen with the 33-year-old over the coming weeks amid talk of a Tottenham exit after ten years in N17.
Dragusin steps up fitness
Radu Dragusin will be hoping to be make his Tottenham return sooner than later after last playing at the end of January. The Romanian centre-back sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury in the Europa League win over Elfsborg and has since been putting in the hours behind the scenes.
In Tottenham’s training video, Dragusin could be seen stepping up his fitness in the gym as he looks to ensure he is in the best possible shape to return before finally getting back on the grass with his teammates. Things have changed in his position since his injury as Kevin Danso is now at the club and Luka Vuskovic is finally an option after Tottenham agreed to sign the highly-rated centre-back from Hajduk Split two years ago.
International players do running drill
Running is a big part of pre-season training and it came to no surprise to see Frank and his coaching team have a big fitness test in store for the squad. The players had to complete 1km worth of fast shuttle runs but it had to be done within three minutes and 15 seconds.
Spurs fans have this week seen the videos on the club’s media channels of the players looking exhausted after the run, with Dominic Solanke appearing to make light work of it going by his reaction. The Tottenham international players who missed out first time got to try it for themselves upon their return to training.
Pape Matar Sarr immediately dropped to the floor after completing the run and could later be seen waving his finger at the camera, while Richarlison could also be seen lying on the ground with his hands on his head. Hopefully it stands them all in good stead for the new season.
Otte gets to work
Tottenham have a new goalkeeper coach as part of the changes taking place at the club following Frank’s appointment as head coach. After bidding farewell to Rob Burch, Fabian Otte, who was at Liverpool working with Alisson last season, has been appointed in his place with Dean Brill becoming first team assistant goalkeeping coach.
The new team could be seen putting the club’s goalkeepers through their paces at Hotspur Way with a variety of different drills. Guglielmo Vicario, Antonin Kinsky, Brandon Austin and Luca Gunter were the goalkeepers in question with plenty of praise coming their way from the new man.
Solomon involved
Manor Solomon’s future remains up in the air at present as it’s not clear yet if he still has a Tottenham future or he will move on elsewhere. The winger enjoyed an incredible loan spell at Leeds United last term as he helped the West Yorkshire club return to the Premier League following their relegation in 2023.
Frank has so many wide options available to him right now and he will have a big decision to make when it comes to Solomon. The player will have the opportunity to wow the Dane over the next few weeks as the team do have friendlies at Reading and Luton to come before departing for their summer tour of Asia.
All the player can do right now as try and catch the eye on the training pitch and then do likewise when the games come around.
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