{"id":56463,"date":"2025-12-08T18:01:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T18:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/?p=56463"},"modified":"2025-12-08T18:01:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T18:01:36","slug":"thomas-frank-confirms-the-tottenham-standout-will-be-sidelined-until-january-after-suffering-a-new-hamstring-setback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/?p=56463","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Frank confirms the Tottenham standout will be sidelined until January after suffering a new hamstring setback."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham Hotspur returned to winning form on Saturday with a 2-0 victory over Brentford at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The result ended a difficult three-month run without a home win, their first on their own ground since August.<\/p>\n<p>Focus now shifts to the Champions League, where Thomas Frank\u2019s side are targeting a top-eight finish to avoid extra playoff fixtures next year.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Frank injury update ahead of Tottenham vs Slavia Prague<\/p>\n<p>Slavia Prague will travel to a full Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Tuesday, with Heung-min Son set to make his first return since leaving north London in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs are eager to make the occasion count by securing a win that could lift them into the top eight, with just two points separating them from that position.<\/p>\n<p>Frank heads into the tie without a fully fit squad, reducing his rotation options. Destiny Udogie remains a doubt after missing the Brentford match, though Frank believes his absence will not be long-term.<\/p>\n<p>Other injured Spurs players are not registered for the Champions League, so their fitness issues will not impact this particular fixture.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the club\u2019s media team, Frank provided an update, saying:<br \/>\n\u201cDestiny [Udogie] unfortunately picked up a hamstring injury after the Newcastle game; he\u2019s out until January. Brennan [Johnson] is touch and go.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham Hotspur returned to winning form on Saturday with a 2-0 victory over Brentford at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The result ended a difficult three-month run without a home win, their first on their own ground since August. Focus now shifts to the Champions League, where Thomas Frank\u2019s side are targeting a top-eight finish to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":56464,"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-56463","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\/12\/thomas-frank-01-750x500-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56463","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=56463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56465,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56463\/revisions\/56465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/56464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}