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Thomas Frank confirms Bergvall, Muani and Sarr will return for the North London derby

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Tottenham manager Thomas Frank has addressed the media as he prepares to take on Arsenal.

Spurs were denied victory by a last-minute Manchester United equaliser before the international break, and will hope to continue their promising form against their London rivals this weekend. 

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Team news

Frank firstly spoke on team news and revealed that his side have finally had some positive injury updates. 

“They are good. Most of them. Pape trained today and is ready and available, Lucas also trained today and is available. Kolo Muani, trained today, available with a mask of course. 

“Dom is not ready yet. I think he also had an article recently about where he said the same, that we want to be sure that he's ready. I'm confident it will be soon.” 

Ben Davies, Kota Takai and Archie Gray all trained this week and Frank commented: "I've got some decisions to make!" 

Frank looking forward to the derby

Next, Frank was asked about the derby where he will lock horns with Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta whose side sit top of the table, four points clear. 

“The interesting thing is that probably both Mikel and I would like a little bit more of a controlled game, but it will probably end up absolutely madhouse.

"Very, very enjoyable to watch for the outside people or fans. I expect a difficult game of course, but a game that can go anywhere. 

“Everything can happen in that game. In games like that everything also evens out a little bit more because it's so competitive.

"The atmosphere in the stadium, it doesn't matter if we play away or home, is intense. We're just really looking forward to it. I know we'll be ready and we're looking forward to it.” 

Has Frank spoken to Venkatesham?

Finally, Frank was questioned on if he's spoken to former Arsenal CEO Vinai Venkatesham about the Gunners, which he denies.

"No, not really.

"I have the biggest of respect for Vinai, he is a top CEO in many ways and of course when you are CEO of a football club we also speak about football stuff, but Vinai is a clever guy and he also knows when to speak or to not speak about football and this is one of the moments."

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