TOTTENHAM have announced their squad for the 2025/26 Champions League league phase.
And manager Thomas Frank has left out SIX big names for the club’s latest European campaign.
GETTYThomas Frank has named his Tottenham squad for the Champions League league phase[/caption]
SHUTTERSTOCKSix players have been omitted from the club’s squad for their latest European campaign[/caption]
AFPJames Maddison has been left out of the squad due to his potentially season-ending knee injury[/caption]
Spurs’ 25-man squad for their return to Europe‘s elite club competition doesn’t feature Kota Takai, Radu Dragusin, Yves Bissouma, James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski or Mathys Tel.
The omission of England international Maddison, 28, comes as no surprise.
The midfielder suffered a potentially season-ending knee injury in the club’s pre-season friendly against Newcastle in August.
Summer signing Takai is also in the treatment room with a plantar fascia injury, and his return date is currently unknown.
Dragusin and Kulusevski haven’t made the cut as they, like Maddison, are dealing with knee injuries.
It’s understood that Dragusin could be back to full fitness late next month.
Sweden international Kulusevski, meanwhile, is on course to return in late November.
Bissouma, who has yet to feature this season, is dealing with an unknown muscular injury.
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GETTYNew signing Kota Takai has been left out of the squad[/caption]
Tottenham’s Champions League squad (league phase)
1 Guglielmo Vicario
4 Kevin Danso
6 Joao Palhinha
7 Xavi Simons
9 Richarlison
13 Destiny Udogie
14 Archie Gray
15 Lucas Bergvall
17 Cristian Romero
19 Dominic Solanke
20 Mohammed Kudus
22 Brennan Johnson
23 Pedro Porro
24 Djed Spence
28 Wilson Odobert
29 Pape Matar Sarr
30 Rodrigo Bentancur
31 Antonin Kinsky
33 Ben Davies
37 Micky van de Ven
39 Randal Kolo Muani
40 Brandon Austin
GETTYTottenham booked their place in this season’s Champions League by winning the Champions League[/caption]
Tottenham returned to the promised land of European club football last May by winning last season’s Europa League.
A scrappy 1-0 win over Prem rivals Manchester United in Bilbao, in what was Ange Postecoglou’s swansong, ended the club’s 17-year wait for silverware and earned them a place among Europe‘s elite.
Tottenham will kick off their Champions League campaign on September 16 against Villarreal before facing Bodo/Glimt, Monaco, FC Copenhagen, Paris Saint-Germain, Slavia Prague, Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt.
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