Team news | Thomas Frank reports ‘11 outfield players available’ as we face Borussia Dortmund

Thomas Frank faces the prospect of taking on Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund in MD7 of the UEFA Champions League at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Tuesday evening (8pm UK) without the services of up to 13 senior players.

Indeed, Thomas indicated at his pre-match press conference at Hotspur Way on Monday afternoon that he was down to 11 senior outfield players for our penultimate match of the UCL’s league phase.

Ben Davies is the latest addition to our growing injury list after fracturing his ankle against West Ham on Saturday.

Joao Palhinha was a late injury withdrawal from the squad for West Ham and now joins Ben, Richarlison, James Maddison, Mo Kudus, Deki Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur on the sidelines.

Micky van de Ven is suspended after picking up three yellow cards in the first six matches of the league phase while Yves Bissouma, Radu Dragusin, Mathys Tel and Conor Gallagher are all ineligible - Thomas has explained the difficulty of having to choose between Mathys and Dominic Solanke.

Meanwhile, Pape Matar Sarr was in Morocco on Sunday evening for the AFCON final with Senegal, who beat the hosts 1-0 after extra time.

Thomas said: “You can say you're playing a game tomorrow against a very good German side and we are, how can you say, a little bit limited with the players available for the game. So, we basically have 11 of our outfield players available for the game, of our normal first team players, and we maybe have three players that need to push massively to get through 90 minutes physically.

“That's why we need everyone to support us, and we need everyone to support us from minute one. All of us, especially the team, especially the players, especially if it's not going too well, need support. Because if we do get that support, everything can happen and magic can happen. We have a good opportunity tomorrow and we go all in for it.”