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Not all of Tottenham's players have jetted off on their international duties this fortnight and six of them will get some special attention from Thomas Frank.
Spurs have had 16 players called up for senior international duty in Djed Spence for England, Micky van de Ven and Xavi Simons for the Netherlands, Ben Davies and Brennan Johnson for Wales, Guglielmo Vicario and Destiny Udogie for Italy, Cristian Romero for Argentina, Mohammed Kudus for Ghana, Pedro Porro for Spain, Lucas Bergvall for Sweden, Joao Palhinha for Portugal, Richarlison for Brazil, Pape Matar Sarr for Senegal and Yves Bissouma is back from a knee injury to be included in Mali's squad.
There have also been a trio of U21 call-ups with Archie Gray heading with England and Mathys Tel and Wilson Odobert travelling for French duty.
So who's left? There will be a small core of players who will be getting plenty of attention during sessions with Frank, Matt Wells, Justin Cochrane and the rest of the coaching staff, including Cameron Campbell, the first team individual development coach.
Those remaining at Hotspur Way are forwards Randal Kolo Muani and Dane Scarlett, who has been playing in recent games for the U21s, centre-backs Radu Dragusin and Kota Takai as well as goalkeepers Antonin Kinksy and Brandon Austin. As well as doing individual work, those six players remaining at the Enfield training complex could be involved in sessions alongside the development squad and U18 players not on international youth duty.
Muani will be doing plenty of fitness work to get his sharpness up after three months with very little football and a dead leg picked up last month following a training ground collision with Sarr. For Dragusin and Takai it is about increasing their strength after ACL and plantar fascia injuries respectively.
Dominic Solanke is out after having minor surgery on his ankle but will be around Hotspur Way doing rehabilitation work and hoping to join in soon with training sessions. Out with longer term injuries are Dejan Kulusevski and James Maddison, with their knee and ACL injuries respectively.
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