Thomas Frank faces a tricky start to his Tottenham Hotspur tenure, juggling pre-season preparations while awaiting crucial transfer moves ahead of their Champions League campaign. This isn’t Tottenham’s first challenge with squad registration—former manager Mauricio Pochettino famously criticized the club’s recruitment and academy development after being forced to exclude several players from European squads.
00:00Thomas Frank faces a tricky start to his Tottenham Hotspur tenure, juggling pre-season preparations while awaiting crucial transfer moves ahead of their Champions League campaign.
00:13The new Spurs head coach has begun work with his squad, but the club's summer signings remain limited so far as interest is starting to hot up throughout the next few weeks.
00:24The Champions League requires clubs to submit a 25-man A-list squad, including at least eight locally trained players, specifically club-trained and association-trained categories.
00:37Signing Kudas a non-club-trained player would almost certainly mean selling at least one current player to balance the numbers.
00:44The club briefly considered re-signing former full-back Kyle Walker-Peters, who would help fill the club-trained quota, but that move seems unlikely.
00:54Sunderland's Dennis Cherkin, another club-trained player, has also been linked with a return.
01:00Tottenham's association-trained players include Dominic Solanke, James Madison and others, who qualify by having spent three full seasons at English or Welsh clubs during their youth.
01:11This isn't Tottenham's first challenge with squad registration.
01:16Former manager Mauricio Pochettino famously criticised the club's recruitment and academy development after being forced to exclude several players from European squads.
01:26Last season, Postacoglu also struggled to manage his Europa League squad.
01:31Thomas Frank is set to make big changes at his new club, and this squad dilemma may make a big difference.
01:38It remains to be seen. And then you've got the likes of Jamie Donnelly as well. He played very, very well last year on loan at Leighton Orient.
01:45Had a brilliant pre-season for Spurs, actually, last season, but was playing at left-back for some reason, despite being a sort of attacking midfielder.
01:52So does he stick around, maybe get a chance in some of the cup games?
01:56But yeah, it's going to be very, very intriguing to see how things start to develop.
02:02Tottenham must now navigate these complex registration rules while building a squad capable of competing on multiple fronts
02:09and getting back to their former best that eluded them throughout last term.
