Key Highlights
- Odobert was following behind in a separate vehicle and stopped to check on him.
- The players were making their way from the Spurs training ground to Stansted airport for the team flight to Frankfurt.
- Frank said neither had boarded it and they had to take a different flight to Frankfurt later on Tuesday night. It was a less than ideal detail for Frank, who is under heavy pressure after the Premier League draw at Burnley on Saturday when he was again barracked by the Spurs support – especially as he digested the setbacks for Porro and Van de Ven. Porro is out for four weeks with a hamstring injury, having come off at half-time against Burnley, while Van de Ven’s problem, according to Frank, is less serious.
- The manager did not specify what it was but said it was not a hamstring – the muscle that the centre-back had problems with last season.
- Frank said Van de Ven could return for the league game at home against Manchester City on Sunday. Frank did have some positive news on the selection front, with João Palhinha back from injury and Pape Sarr available after illness.
