Why Frank must get Tottenham’s injury problems off the critical list

New Spurs boss needs to build a more robust squad to compete on all fronts this season, writes Matt Verri

- Matt Verri

A new season, a new man at the helm, and yet there was an obvious familiarity at the Tottenham training ground last week. Thomas Frank sat down for his first press conference since taking charge and, like his predecessor Ange Postecoglou so often did, found himself talking about injuries.

How is James Maddison’s recovery going? The midfielder is back in part-training. What about Dejan Kulusevski? He will miss the start of the season. And of particular interest: was the club doing something wrong last season to have so many injuries?

“It's always difficult for me to look into what happened before me,” Frank responded. “Of course, we try to look into it and speak to people who were there last year and try to learn from it. We need to learn from last season. I have some ideas of what we can improve and do better. It should be possible to improve”