Who was missing from Tottenham training and which players were back and involved
Tottenham Hotspur took to the training pitches on Wednesday ahead of their Europa League match with Elfsborg.
Ange Postecoglou's side can secure a top eight place and miss out the extra play-off round with a positive result at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Thursday evening against the Swedish visitors. Spurs need to get back to winning ways amid a tough run of results in the Premier League especially with Postecoglou's future the subject of plenty of speculation.
Here are the four things we spotted from Tottenham's training session at Hotspur Way.
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Who was involved
Amid all of the injuries it was at least heartening for Spurs and Postecoglou to have a number of players back and involved despite a few scares.
Micky van de Ven continues to be involved in training after his return from his hamstring injury, while Guglielmo Vicario appeared to be going through all the same drills as the rest of the goalkeepers after his return from a fractured ankle.
There were concerns over Richarlison, who came off with groin discomfort in the second half of the defeat to Leicester, while Yves Bissouma was an unused substitute despite Spurs needing him on the day. However, both players were involved in Wednesday's session.
Postecoglou will provide an update on all four and which of them can play a part during his press conference on Wednesday afternoon.
Who was missing
Still the area of concern for Postecoglou is how many players are missing.
Long term absentee Wilson Odobert was not involved and neither were Dominic Solanke, Destiny Udogie, Timo Werner and Brennan Johnson. Among the new concerns, James Maddison, Pape Matar Sarr and Djed Spence were all absent from the session as was Sergio Reguilon, even though he and Spence aren't registered for the Europa League.
Cristian Romero could be seen training in the gym ahead of and during the session and unless he joined in after the period when the media were allowed to watch then the Argentine looks to be further behind Van de Ven in the return stakes.
What they did
The 15 minutes of the training session the media get to see is normally pretty light although with the current schedule most sessions are light or recovery based right now.
The Spurs players came out and did some warm-ups and stretches before going into passing and volley drills in pairs. The group then moved across to begin a training session that was mainly attack vs defence with one side containing Van de Ven, Radu Dragusin and Pedro Porro in the same backline up against Richarlison and Mikey Moore among others.
Which youngsters were involved
With so many players out injured there were plenty of young Spurs academy players involved in the session including Malachi Hardy, Maeson King, Dane Cassanova, Callum Olusesi, Damola Ajayi and also strikers Will Lankshear and Dane Scarlett.
The latter likely can't be included though as after returning from his Oxford loan any appearance for Spurs would rule him out of another loan move, as you cannot play for three clubs within one season.
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