Thomas Frank confirms triple Tottenham injury boost ahead of Chelsea as huge update given

Thomas Frank has confirmed that Cristian Romero, Destiny Udogie and Wilson Odobert are fit and available for selection for Tottenham's Premier League clash with Chelsea on Saturday.

The Lilywhites welcome the Blues to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday evening, with Frank knowing his side can jump up to second with a win over Enzo Maresca's team. The Dane has a number of injury issues to contend with, however, with the likes of James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke all sidelined.

But three senior stars are set to return to the Spurs squad for the London derby. Speaking to the media on Friday, Frank said: "Yes, positive is that Romero, Destiny and Wilson are available for selection for the squad."

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Romero felt something in the warm-up ahead of Tottenham's defeat to Aston Villa two weeks ago, while Udogie has been missing since the October international break, where he picked up a knee injury despite not playing a single minute for Italy. Odobert missed the midweek Carabao Cup loss to Newcastle with a "side strain" but all three now look set to return to the squad for the visit of Chelsea.

On Romero, Frank added: "I am very aware of trying to be able to take the best possible decisions. Of course in the end I will get a lot of information from medical staff, performance staff, but in the end it is always on me. If a player breaks down, it is on me. It is not on the medical staff, not on the performance staff, always me.

"I take decisions, I get all the information and then I have to take a difficult choice or a braver choice or an easy choice, so that is it. If he was fit enough, he would have been involved on Wednesday but he is ready to be involved and let’s see how he is."

Frank also confirmed that Solanke will not be rushed back from injury, with the England international likely remaining sidelined until the November international break. Kota Takai, meanwhile, is set to return to training after a quad injury.

On Solanke the Spurs boss said: "We're very aware of when we get Dom back, we hope - touch wood - we have him back and no setbacks, so we are very aware of doing it the right way, so it's going in the right direction, he will not be available before the international break, so that's the status right now."

Asked if it is impossible to compete on all four fronts with the number of injuries Spurs have had, Frank said: "I like to have a challenge that it's possible to compete on all fronts. If we'd have won [against Newcastle in midweek], which I still think we're not too far from if you look at the game, then we're into the next round and we compete for it.

"But there's no two ways about that in general. If you want to compete over 60 games in all, that's tough. But that's part of it. I think it's also fair to say you can see every club is doing rotation in the Carabao Cup. Everyone, everyone, they have to. But not only Carabao Cup, they also do a little bit [in the] Champions League, a little bit Premier League. So that's part of it. And then you try to nail that perfect balance."