Overview
- Tottenham registered only 22 players for the Champions League group stage because they were three short of UEFA’s four club‑trained requirement.
- Tel was among the omissions alongside injured or unavailable first-teamers James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski and Radu Dragusin, plus Kota Takai and Yves Bissouma.
- Speaking to French outlet Le Télégramme, the 20-year-old said the decision "definitely hurts" but described Thomas Frank’s phone call informing him as respectful.
- Tel has logged just 19 Premier League minutes this season and faces added competition after the arrival of Randal Kolo Muani.
- He dismissed talk of leaving, saying he is under contract with Tottenham and will work to earn opportunities domestically and beyond the group stage.