Tottenham made the decision in the case of Radu Drăgușin » The order given by manager Thomas Frank
Article by Daniel Scorpie – Published Monday, November 10, 2025 10:28 p.m. / Updated Monday, November 10, 2025 10:48 p.m.
Tottenham he doesn't like the insistence with which the selector Mircea Lucescu is pressuring Radu Drăgușin to return to the national team, even to keep in touch with his colleagues and to train in the country. Thomas Frank has warned him against being absent at the weekend, when the manager wants to see him play in a friendly against U21 opposition for the first time in more than nine months since knee surgery.
Tottenham plans to reintroduce Radu Drăgușin to the circuit by the end of the month. Manager Thomas Frank could bring the 23-year-old centre-back into the squad in the coming weeks, but before that he needs to test him in a game.
Just as he did in the previous competitive breaks, organizing check-in matches this season to monitor the progress of the recovery of injured players or those coming after surgery, as in the case of the Romanian international's cruciate ligament operation. The Spurs have scheduled a friendly at the weekend with a youth team, maybe even Tottenham U21.
“Radu Drăgușin will only spend a short time in the training camp in Romania before returning to London”
“Drăgusin will play in a friendly behind closed doors at Hotspur Way during the international break. This will be his first competitive game in 10 months, suggesting that the Romanian defender will spend only a short time in training in Romania before returning to London.”writes the English press today.
Radu Drăgușin trained with his colleagues from the national team last week / Photo: frf.ro
Drăgușin was not called up to Romania's team for the matches in the World Championship preliminaries against Bosnia-Herzegovina and San Marino. Football.London claim that this is due to Tottenham's intervention, “the north London outfit asking the management of the Romanian national team not to select the 23-year-old player.
This is because he continues to work on improving his physical tone. However, although he is not part of the team, the star of the London team will join the Romanian national team to train with it during the international break”.
