{"id":53963,"date":"2025-11-08T20:35:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T20:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/?p=53963"},"modified":"2025-11-08T20:35:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T20:35:47","slug":"thomas-frank-hints-at-dominic-solankes-tottenham-return-but-his-update-doesnt-sound-too-convincing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/?p=53963","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Frank hints at Dominic Solanke\u2019s Tottenham return \u2014 but his update doesn\u2019t sound too convincing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham manager Thomas Frank has shared a positive update on Dominic Solanke\u2019s recovery, suggesting the striker could return before the end of the year \u2014 though he stopped short of confirming it.<\/p>\n<p>Solanke has missed much of the season through injury, and although he had slipped behind Richarlison in the pecking order, his absence has still been felt by Spurs. Frank has regularly rotated between Richarlison, Randal Kolo Muani, and Mathys Tel up front, with no clear first-choice striker emerging so far.<\/p>\n<p>That could open the door for Solanke to reclaim his place once fit, and Frank hinted that his comeback might arrive shortly after the international break. Speaking after Tottenham\u2019s 2-2 draw with Manchester United, the Danish boss said the 28-year-old\u2019s recovery is \u201con track,\u201d adding:<\/p>\n<p>Er, I do hope so. I would say let\u2019s see what happens after the international break. We are still going steps forward. It\u2019s on track so far.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another attacking option would be a timely boost for Spurs. Richarlison scored against United but drew mixed reviews for his overall display, while Tel also found the net but remains behind in the striker hierarchy.<\/p>\n<p>Though Solanke has yet to truly hit his stride in north London, a return to action under Frank could reignite his form. Overall, it\u2019s encouraging news for Tottenham that his rehabilitation is progressing smoothly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham manager Thomas Frank has shared a positive update on Dominic Solanke\u2019s recovery, suggesting the striker could return before the end of the year \u2014 though he stopped short of confirming it. Solanke has missed much of the season through injury, and although he had slipped behind Richarlison in the pecking order, his absence has &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":53964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot_20251108-213142.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53963"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53965,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53963\/revisions\/53965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/53964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}