Thomas Frank responds to Tottenham fans over Cristian Romero injury concerns

Thomas Frank says Tottenham fans shouldn't be too concerned about captain Cristian Romero's injury blow. Romero and Destiny Udogie sat out Tottenham training ahead of Wednesday’s fixture at Monaco in the Champions League.

Spurs captain Romero pulled out in the warm-up of Sunday’s 2-1 loss to Aston Villa with an adductor issue, while Udogie reported minor irritation in his knee after international duty.

Boss Frank was unable to confirm if Romero would recover in time to face Monaco after the defeat to Villa, but after the Argentinian missed training on Tuesday morning, he looks set to miss the trip to Stade Louis II.

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Speaking on Tuesday night, Frank said the club's medical staff are still monitoring Romero but he doesn't think it's too serious.

He said: "It's an adductor strain. We will assess it more this week before we confirm any timeframe." Asked if fans should be concerned, he said: "No, I don't think so."

Frank was also asked about Udogie and the manager confirmed the defender hasn't travelled to Monaco. He said: "The latest is that he got that knee irritation after international duty. We are assessing and working very hard to get on top of it. We'll know more day by day."

Versatile defender Ben Davies was also absent from the session and it means Spurs could be without 10 players on Wednesday night.

Tottenham were already without Radu Dragusin, Yves Bissouma, James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke due to injuries, but Kota Takai and Mathys Tel are unavailable after not being included in the club’s Champions League squad.

Kevin Danso replaced Romero in the defeat by Villa and is expected to feature again on Wednesday night. Asked about having to fill in at short notice over the weekend, the defender said: "Yes, it's about being ready whenever the gaffer needs me."

Dutch international Micky van de Ven could wear the armband again against Monaco and, speaking over the weekend, he praised defensive partner Danso for his display in defeat at Villa.

“Yeah, of course always a blow when ‘Cuti’ falls out before kick-off. In the warm-up he stepped inside and we knew already, ‘OK, he is done for today,’ but Kev did an unbelievable job to come in,” Van de Ven told SpursPlay.

“It’s really difficult to come in the warm-up when you never know if you’re going to play, but I think he did unbelievable when he came in.

“Of course it’s difficult (last-minute), but I know the qualities of Kevin. I’ve played with Kev a couple of times and I know what I can expect from him and he knows what to expect from me.”