""It's impossible to play 60 games [a season for] 90 minutes [at] high intensity," said Frank, who is in his first season as a manager in Europe and is about to oversee a run of seven matches in 31 days. "All of us love football when there's been, let's say, an international break and then we come back and start again, a little bit fresher... it's exciting.""
""If you can avoid muscle injuries - hamstring, calf, quads, stuff like that - because of a good gym programme, recovery, the right way to train, the right processes, then I think you're halfway there," the Dane observed of his attempts to retain a fully fit squad. "Then there are the contact injuries you really can't avoid and then the return to play again.""
Fixture congestion driven partly by money and broadcast demand requires examination to protect player welfare. Spurs face a run of seven matches in 31 days and cannot sustain 60 full-intensity games in a season. Tottenham aim to start quickly against Chelsea in the Premier League ahead of Champions League action with Copenhagen. Cristian Romero, Destiny Udogie and Wilson Odobert are expected to return; Kota Takai is close to a training comeback, Dejan Kulusevski remains out, and Dominic Solanke will not be available until at least November 23. Avoiding muscle injuries depends on gym programmes, recovery, proper training and processes, while contact injuries and return-to-play timing require careful management.
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