Thomas Frank has confirmed that Micky van de Ven will be part of Tottenham’s leadership group this season.
The Dutchman captained Spurs for the first time on Tuesday night in the 2-2 draw with Bodo/Glimt and marked it with a goal, heading in to halve the deficit as the visitors came from two goals down to earn a point in Norway.
Van de Ven took the armband as a result of Cristian Romero missing out, with Frank insisting the decision to leave the Argentine in London was only a “precaution”.
The Spurs boss said at the start of the season that he would name a leadership group at the end of the transfer window, but that decision has been delayed due to other priorities.
Frank has regularly been asked about it in recent press conferences and it was brought up again after the draw with Bodo/Glimt, when the Dane was quizzed on whether Van de Ven being named as captain offered a hint that he would be included.
“Thank you for that,” Frank laughed.
“Yes, I have made a decision. I haven't told the players yet, and that will be on Thursday. So I made the decision, but it's probably pretty obvious he will be.
“He has impressed me a lot as a player, but also as a communicator on the pitch. And a little bit of show of character. I think he was good today.”
Spurs had a four-man leadership group of Romero, James Maddison, Heung-min Son and Guglielmo Vicario under Ange Postecoglou last season.
Son is no longer at the club and Maddison is expected to miss most of the season with an ACL injury.
Pedro Porro could be one of those included by Frank, after he was given the captain’s armband in the Carabao Cup against Doncaster last week.
