Tanguy Ndombele is not part of the Spurs squad for this evening's Audi Cup final against Bayern Munich.
The club record signing played in Tuesday's 1-0 victory over Real Madrid but was replaced at the break as Mauricio Pochettino made nine changes.
Spurs fans raised their eyebrows when the team news dropped an hour ahead of kick-off with the Frenchman not named in the squad for the game against the Bundesliga giants.
Well, supporters need not worry about Ndombele's fitness as his absence is not down to injury.
The reason why the French international is not part of the squad is because the boss is managing the player's integration into the team after only linking up with his teammates at the start of the month.
Spurs are back in action on Sunday against Inter Milan at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and the player should make his return then.
Pochettino has once again made a number of changes for this evening's game against Bayern with a total of seven changes.
Harry Kane and Son Heung-min are both rested as expected having played 65 minutes against Los Blancos, with Georges-Kevin Nkoudou coming in for a rare start from the off.
Hugo Lloris, Kyle Walker-Peters, Davinson Sanchez, Moussa Sissoko, Dele Alli and Lucas Moura are the other players to come into the team after starting on the bench on Tuesday.
