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Spurs add additional pre-season friendly at Hotspur Way as part of double-header on Saturday

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Spurs will play Wycombe Wanderers in a behind-closed-doors game at Hotspur Way on Saturday morning, before a game Luton at Kenilworth Road on Saturday afternoon.

Frank said: "We wanted an extra game in our schedule to give as many players as many match minutes as possible, in order to put them in the best position, physically.

Frank’s Spurs beat Reading 2-0 in his first game in charge on Saturday

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"We will play two even, strong teams and they will play between 60 and 75 minutes, maybe more.

"By the end of Saturday, 22 players will have played a lot of match minutes and they will be in a very good place before we go on tour."

Spurs head to Hong Kong next week for their pre-season summer tour of Asia.

Frank's team, who started their pre-season preparations with a routine 2-0 win over Reading last weekend, will host an open training session before taking on Arsenal in Hong Kong in the first north London derby to be played outside of the UK.

Spurs then travel to South Korea, where they will play Newcastle on August 3.

The team will conclude their pre-season by travelling to Germany to take on Harry Kane’s Bayern Munich in on August 7.

Their season gets underway with the UEFA Super Cup against Paris Saint-Germain at in Udine on August 13.