Alasdair Gold has revealed that the international break offers Thomas Frank and his coaching staff the opportunity to do something very specialised with some Tottenham players.
There is plenty of positivity at Spurs going into the international break, with the Lilywhites’ win over Leeds being the first time the club have gone into a break with a win for almost two years.
Over 30 Tottenham players are away on international duty representing their countries, and will cumulatively be involved in a total of 46 different fixtures across the world.
However, there are a small group of players who will remain at Hotspur Way over the next two weeks.
What Tottenham players will do in the training ground during the international break?
Football.London’s Alasdair Gold has revealed that Randal Kolo Muani, Dane Scarlett, Radu Dragusin, Kota Takai, Antonin Kinksy and Brandon Austin are the senior players who will train at Hotspur Way during the international break.
He says that these players will be involved in sessions alongside the development squad and U18 players not on international youth duty.
Kolo Muani will be expected to do a lot of fitness work after three months of very little football, while Dragusin and Takai will focus on increasing their strength as they step up their recovery from their injuries.
The journalist says that these players will work closely with Frank, Matt Wells, and individual development coach Cameron Campbell, and take part in specialised sessions until the bulk of the squad returns next week.
However, first-team assistant coach Justin Cochrane will not be with them as he is currently away with England as part of Thomas Tuchel’s staff.
Randal Kolo Muani’s injury has a silver lining for the forward
Kolo Muani’s dead leg proved to be trickier to recover from than initially thought, and the Frenchman would have been frustrated to get that injury just as he was ready to get minutes.
However, the forward has not had a pre-season, and would have been behind the rest of the Spurs squad with his fitness and conditioning.
His injury and the subsequent timing of the international break have given the 26-year-old two more weeks to work his way up to fitness, and he will be much closer to prime condition when he gets back onto the pitch.