Tottenham confirm pre-season tour squad as 6 out injured and 3 given permission to seek transfers

Tottenham have now confirmed their travelling squad for their pre-season tour of Asia, with Hong Kong the first stop. Thomas Frank’s men have already played some pre-season friendlies, kicking off against Read during the weekend before last.

During the Saturday just gone, Spurs played pre-season friendlies against Wycombe Wanderers and Luton Town, with Frank splitting his squad to ensure they get the most minutes possible.

Frank said after those games: “Overall, okay, happy. I would say the big take away on the positive side is that we got more or less 75 minutes into most of the players – that was the reason we played two mixed teams and subbed on all the youngsters in both games. So, the physical, minute-wise – box ticked. I’m happy with that.

“Let’s start with the Wycombe game, positives, I felt the high pressure and regaining of the ball was very successful in many ways throughout the game. We regained it I don’t know how many times, but we created six, seven very dangerous situations where we should have done even more and scored a good second goal through Pape. Also, in the first minutes, Wycombe’s runs in behind were good, so we were really focused on that. The big focus is that we defend well, and we gave away two goals we shouldn’t have given away against Wycombe, scored two good goals from Pape, who is another positive in that game."

He added: “We go into the Luton game, that was the game where I felt, ‘okay, there is a bit to be worked on’. That was two mixed teams a little out of sync. The boys put everything into it, they were positive, heads down working hard, but those connections, relationships, they definitely weren’t fluid, but it’s good to have something to work on.”

For their next stop, Tottenham are headed for Asia, and Hong Kong specifically, with the flight already departing North London ahead of a friendly clash with Arsenal Thursday.

Spurs have confirmed their squad for the trip, and there are some notable absentees. Among them are Destiny Udogie, Kota Takai and Manor Solomon, who have been left at home to get treatment on existing injuries. Elsewhere, Radu Dragusin, Dejan Kulusevski and Bryan Gil are also staying home as part of their rehabilitation.

An interesting update involves Mikey Moore, Alfie Devine and Dane Scarlett, who have all stayed home having received permission to secure moves, and likely loan moves. It was reported earlier this week that Spurs had reluctantly decided to grant Moore permission to leave on loan to get regular football. Moore was in and around the first team last season, but he is unlikely to play regularly.

Here is the travelling Spurs squad in full:

George Abbott, Brandon Austin, Rodrigo Bentancur , Lucas Bergvall, Yves Bissouma, Jun'ai Byfield, Kevin Danso, Ben Davies, Jamie Donley, Archie Gray, Luca Gunter, Brennan Johnson, Antonin Kinsky , Mohammed Kudus, Will Lankshear, , James Maddison, Wilson Odobert, Pedro Porro, Richarlison, Cristian Romero, Pape Matar Sarr, Dominic Solanke, Heung-Min Son, Djed Spence, Mathys Tel, Micky van de Ven, Guglielmo Vicario, Luka Vuskovic, Yang Min-Hyeok

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