Tottenham boss Thomas Frank has been chatting with the media earlier than Sunday’s Premier League recreation towards on the Metropolis Floor (kick-off 14:00 GMT).
Listed here are the important thing strains from his information convention:
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There have been no recent accidents picked up within the midweek Champions League fixture, so everybody that was out there towards Slavia Prague can be in competition.
Nottingham Forest academy graduate Brennan Johnson is “anticipated to be out there” for the journey to his outdated stomping floor after coaching with the squad following a “minor damage”.
After Dominic Solanke posted an hourglass emoji on social media, Frank was requested to offer one other replace on the ahead: “He’s again on the grass and coaching individually. The damage he picked up in July has dragged on for some time. When he’s coaching totally and out there for choice, then I’ll say one thing.”
It was “actually good” to have Ben Davies again out on the pitch on Tuesday evening, enjoying his first minutes of the season.
On their current goalscoring kind, he stated: “I do not assume we have taken the handbrake off. Issues just like the staff being in sync and the suitable gamers being sharp or in kind, all of it helps. Three gamers I wish to point out are Richarlison, [Mohammed] Kudus and [Xavi] Simons, they’re giving our offensive a part of the sport rather more.”
When requested about whether or not the temper across the membership has modified, following a interval of feeling underneath strain, he replied: “Wins and good performances at all times assist, little question about it. It makes issues lighter and extra constructive. It is an ongoing effort to consistently enhance on the minute.”
He added: “It is down to 1 easy factor: all three of these gamers being in kind on the identical time. The connection, the ideas and the patterns are simply getting higher and higher.”
Tottenham expect “an unbelievably troublesome recreation” towards Nottingham Forest, who’re “extraordinarily aggressive”. Nonetheless, he expects his facet to go to the Metropolis Floor with “confidence, perception and a great probability of getting three factors”.
On his friendship with Sean Dyche, he stated: “We generally come collectively as coaches to speak about life and soccer. It is honest to say we’re the one ones that actually perceive one another. We now have to take care of the identical garbage collectively. It is good to share experiences and ideas with good colleagues and mates.”
Frank praised “very gifted” central midfielder Archie Grey for the “glimpses” he has proven. He added: “He’s again in a spot the place he is able to compete once more after his calf damage. He is superb on the ball and he performs along with his head up. He has a fantastic capability to cowl the pitch and has good urgent abilities. He has excellent character and could possibly be a frontrunner sooner or later.”
