Tottenham injury latest for West Ham as Thomas Frank issues new Dominic Solanke update

Thomas Frank has provided Tottenham fitness updates on Dominic Solanke, Xavi Simons and Randal Kolo Muani before the Premier League clash against West Ham United.

Spurs have already had their fair share of injury blows over the last month, with James Maddison, Destiny Udogie and Dominic Solanke all suffering muscular issues to join Dejan Kulusevski and Radu Dragusin on the injury list. The latter has returned to team training in recent days, however.

Despite being out of action, Kulusevski went away with the Sweden national team for their World Cup qualifiers, where he also discussed his knee injury and admitted he hopes to be back in a few months.

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Udogie is the only one of those aforementioned names that featured in the defeat to Bournemouth before the September international break and that is almost guaranteed to be the case again for the trip to West Ham, with Frank confirming Solanke will miss out.

"Everyone returned from international duties well,"he admitted in a Friday press conference at Hotspur Way. "Dom will not be available still. Don't expect it to be long but he will not be ready for this game."

Pushed further on the Spurs striker, Frank said: "I think right now we are doing everything we can – the medical team - to get on top of it and that’s what we’re focusing on. I get a feeling he is not too far away, but he’s just fallen short for this week."

Solanke has been dealing with this ankle problem since pre-season, with hope being that he would be available after a further two weeks to recover. The 27-year-old had also posted an Instagram story of himself in the gym and using a squat rack.

Two attackers that could feature at London Stadium are Simons and Kolo Muani, with both arriving late into the summer window from RB Leipzig and Paris Saint-Germain, respectively.

Unsurprisingly, Frank was asked if either could be involved against the Hammers on Saturday.

"Both are looking good. Both are in contention to be ready for the squad tomorrow," he said. "Xavi for the natural reasons is further down the line. He started for the Netherlands the other day. Randal hasn't played for a while, last time was the Club World Cup."

As for West Ham, Graham Potter does not appear to have many injury problems, with George Earthy and Luis Guilherme the only players unavailable prior to the two-week domestic pause. However, Niclas Fullkrug is now an injury doubt following his time away with Germany.

"We've got Niclas, who has had a slight issue with his calf from international duty, so he came [back] early," Potter revealed on Thursday. "He's trained lightly today, so we'll see how he reacts."