"Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, 2025 (Image credit: Getty Images) Spurs welcome Villarreal to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Tuesday evening as the Champions League gets underway for another season. Thomas Frank will make his managerial debut in the competition proper, after predecessor Ange Postecoglou led Spurs to Europa League victory at the end of 2024-25. Tottenham's league phase draw has pitted them against several top sides across Europe, including Spanish outfit Villarreal who are first to visit North London."
"This is because unlike English football in which the rules prohibit players from competing in matches against their parent clubs, UEFA competition allows it. According to UEFA rules, a loan player is eligible to face their parent club in European competition as long as the loan agreement doesn't include a clause preventing it and the host club has the player registered and cleared to play."
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Tottenham Hotspur host Villarreal at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the Champions League group stage. Thomas Frank will make his managerial debut in the competition proper after Ange Postecoglou led Spurs to Europa League victory in 2024–25. Tottenham's group includes Villarreal, Bodo/Glimt, AS Monaco, FC Copenhagen, Paris Saint-Germain, Slavia Prague, Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt. Spurs loaned winger Manor Solomon to Villarreal on a season-long deal; UEFA rules allow a loaned player to face his parent club if the loan agreement contains no prohibition and the player is registered and cleared. Solomon is named on Villarreal's List A and was an unused substitute at the weekend.
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