Ange Postecoglou will be encouraged by how well his players have performed in the past week while representing their countries – as well as a few added bonuses in there too.
The international break is often criticised for taking players away from their clubs to play glorified friendlies. With three pauses to the club season so far for players to represent their national teams, despite it only being November, there have been calls to decrease the number of times these breaks occur.
But the international break can be useful for getting struggling players in form and giving minutes to those who have had limited match time for their club.
And Tottenham look set to benefit from what has been a largely positive international break for their players.
Heung-Min-Son, Dejan Kulusevski, Brennan Johnson and Yves Bissouma all contributed with goals or assists for their national sides, while Dane Scarlett, who is on loan at Oxford United, scored for England’s under-21s team (Spurs Global).
With Son only recently returning from injury, his two goals are an encouragement, while Johnson’s goal and assist are a huge positive, with the 23-year-old scoring just once for Tottenham since the previous international break last month.
The break also saw Archie Gray and Ben Davies play two full matches for England under-21s and Wales respectively, both of whom have had limited Premier League match time this season, while Radu Dragusin, who has been disappointing for Spurs, started both matches for Romania.
And another positive of the break is that Dominic Solanke and Destiny Udogie were both rested, with neither starting a match for their countries, while Pedro Porro, who recently has looked in need of a day off, did not play in Spain’s most recent match against Switzerland.
Although there are some negatives from the break, such as Cristian Romero going off injured for Argentina, it should have boosted the confidence levels of players in need of a lift.
The break came at a good time, with Spurs losing their two most recent matches against teams they ought to have been beating, but now they will be able to regroup and attempt to find some form again.
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