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Tottenham boss Thomas Frank has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Burnley at Turf Moor (kick-off 15:00 GMT).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
- Lucas Bergvall's ankle injury is looking like a "longer one," but he will be assessed in the coming days. Frank said: "He keeps being very unlucky with injuries."
- Dominic Solanke, Destiny Udogie and Xavi Simons all got through the midweek game against Borussia Dortmund and will be available for selection again.
- Joao Palhinha is progressing "but it will be tight" as to whether he can feature on Saturday.
- Frank said "this is definitely close" to being his worst season for injuries and it "seems like we are cursed" as players like Bergvall are set to miss further spells sidelined.
- He said he "had lunch with Nick [Beucher] and Johan [Lange] again today" which is "again a good sign of the support there is".
- More on his backing from Spurs' hierarchy: "Everyone is on the same page and there are a lot of things going in the right direction. We just need to back it up with even more good performance and more good results."
- On defender Micky van de Ven, who has been linked with a move to Liverpool: “He seems happy. He’s a fantastic player and a fantastic ambassador for this club. I would say he is very important player for us. Micky is a Tottenham player for us now and the future.”
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