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George Flood

Tottenham follow Arsenal and West Ham by allowing players to make training ground return

Tottenham have become the latest Premier League club to allow players to return to their training ground.

London rivals Arsenal and West Ham - as well as Brighton - have already permitted players to return on a limited and individual basis as English football works towards an eventual resumption following the coronavirus shutdown.

And from Tuesday, members of Tottenham's first-team squad will also have access to a limited number of pitches at the club's Hotspur Way training base in Enfield for "individual running sessions on a strict rotational basis".

In a statement, Spurs said: "No more than one player per pitch will be permitted at any one time to undertake on-pitch exercise, with only a restricted number of the squad coming to the Training Centre each day.

"Each player will travel independently and arrive at the facilities already dressed in training wear before returning home immediately after they have concluded their session.

"All activity will be conducted in line with government guidelines with social distancing maintained at all times and there will be no access permitted to any building on site."

Last week, Tottenham duo Serge Aurier and Moussa Sissoko issued a joint apology and pledged to make a donation to the NHS after training together in breach of the government's coronavirus guidelines.

And earlier in April, Spurs boss Jose Mourinho accepted that his actions were "not in line with government protocol" after he organised a one-on-one training session with record signing Tanguy Ndombele in Barnet.

On the same day, Tottenham duo Ryan Sessegnon and Davinson Sanchez were filmed running side-by-side in the same area.

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