Thomas Frank spoke to the media on Tuesday afternoon ahead of our UEFA Super Cup clash against PSG at Stadio Friuli on Wednesday evening (8pm UK).
Here's what he had to say...
How excited is the club to have a chance of another trophy?
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"I think for the club, for the team, for me, for everybody involved at Tottenham Hotspur, it's a massive game. A great challenge and an even bigger opportunity. That's how my brain works, I see opportunities instead of pressure or whatever. So for me, massive opportunity and we will definitely embrace it and we will do everything."
Ben Davies said you've worked a lot on the structure, can you expand a bit on that?
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"That's not only for this game but over the course of pre-season. I'm a big believer of principles and structure in the team, offensively and defensively, so for me there needs to be clear structure in phase one and phase two when we're building up and want to control the game, also in phase three when you want to score. Also, there's the other way round in high pressure, middle pressure and defending the box, so that we work on and hopefully it's perfect tomorrow. We're playing an okay team that did reasonable well last year, but that we are ready for."
Injury-wise, are there any fresh injuries, we've seen Dominic Solanke, Destiny Udogie and Radu Dragusin have travelled, can any of them play a part?
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"The players that have that little bit longer, the longer terms are here for backing the team and being part of the group. Dom is the positive one, he's available for selection tomorrow, so that's very good. Destiny is closer and getting closer to training with the group. So, those are two big ones, and then Bissouma has not travelled with the team because of disciplinary reasons."
Is Cristian Romero going to be an important and experienced player for the team?
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"Cristian Romeo is going to be a very, very big, an important player for us tomorrow. He's a player that has been in big finals and won them. So he definitely knows how we do that and that'll be a big help. I think it's very important that these players, of course just like the PSG players, but just, you know, my players, our players, they just won a big trophy six or seven weeks ago, so they had a fantastic experience of doing that and they want to win more. It was a great feeling, everything I heard about it, everything I've seen, fantastic experience. So the players will be ready, but of course, Romero will be crucial."
Do you have a special plan to stop Khvicha Kvaratskhelia?
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"I could say a few things but I’m probably not allowed to just kick him down. He is a special player, a unique talent. The way he drives with the ball and his one vs one skills are exceptional. I followed him for quite a while, both in Naples and with the national team, now PSG. But with all due respect, he is just a human, a very good player but we have good defenders and a good plan. I’m comfortable we can keep him quiet enough. It is impossible to keep him totally quiet."