Spurs boss Thomas Frank on ‘one of the big areas’ he has focused on since becoming head coach | OneFootball

Thomas Frank says improving Tottenham’s injury record this season is one of the biggest areas he has focused on after being appointed this summer.

Spurs endured a nightmare with injuries last season, a big factor in why they finished 17th in the Premier League.

And Frank says he, his coaching staff and the other departments at the club have put a clear emphasis on how they can improve that.

“I think that was one of the big areas that we looked into when we came in,” Frank said.

“I see it as a holistic picture, because it’s between the coaching department, the performance department and the medical department. It can’t be three departments not communicating to each other. It needs to be three constantly communicating back and forth.

“It’s how we train, how well we train and how we plan that. I think all that so far has been good and as you said, touch wood, we haven’t had any soft tissue or muscle injuries, which are the big ones that we would like to avoid.

“We have had an injury to Kolo Muani that’s a dead leg contact injury and then we have Dom mis-kicking a ball, so two relatively unlucky ones. So can we nail and get on top of the soft tissue and muscle injury? Probably impossible to completely not have any of those injuries, but so far so good and we’re very aware of it.”

“I think it’s workload in training,” he continued. “It’s not, how can I say, too little. Definitely enough intense, because when you train intense you want to play intense.

“Then I think it’s all about the planning. I think it’s gym, I think it’s recovery, I think it’s a lot of things.

“If we have plus 90% availability, it’s so important.”