Tottenham -Sbaas Frank responds to Eze -AFTICTION with the statement ‘not interested’

Tottenham Hotspur only wants players who want to play for it, said manager Thomas Frank on Friday in response to the apparent rejection of Ebereechi Eze of the Premier League club.

Crystal Palace Vooruit Eze was about to join Spurs, but now seems to be signing for North London Rivals Arsenal, his boys’ club.

«Of course you know that I am not talking about specific players unless they are in our fantastic club,» Frank told reporters prior to the trip from Tottenham to Manchester City on Saturday.

“To be very, very clear, I don’t want players who don’t want to come to the club.

«If they don’t want to come here and want to wear this fantastic badge, we don’t want them here. That is very clear, and I imagine that the fans feel exactly the same. That is an important message.»

Media had reported a deal for the English international on Wednesday between Spurs and Palace only to derail hours later.

Frank said that Tottenham was working hard to strengthen the team in the transfer window, which ends on 1 September, and believed that something would happen.

«We have to do everything we can to be as competitive as possible. I am convinced that we will sign a player before the end of the window,» he added.

Striker Yoane Wissa, who played for Frank in Brentford, is mentioned as a possible target.

De Dane said that Richarlison, scorer of two goals in Tottenham’s opening 3-0 victory over promoted Burnley last weekend, remained his starting number nine.

«Richy wants to stay, I want to keep him, there have been no conversations about anything else,» he said about the Brazilian who was reported earlier in the week to have been offered to Palace as part of the deal for Eze.

Frank said that fullback Destiny Udogie, who injured his knee in a pre-season-friendly friendly friendly friendly last month, trained with the team and looked positive, but the city match was still too early for his return.

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Bless -midfielder Yves Bissouma will also miss the game.

Frank was reluctant to place a timeline on the return of Dejan Kulusevski, who underwent a knee operation in May and was not involved.

Tottenham is already most of the season without injured midfielder James Maddison.

Published on August 22, 2025