By Oli Gent

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Tottenham boss Thomas Frank has ruled Dominic Solanke out of contention for his side’s trip to West Ham.

The striker, who arrived from Bournemouth last year for £60million, did not play in the 1-0 defeat by his former club last time out, and he will be sidelined once more when Spurs travel east to visit the London Stadium.

Solanke, 27, has been struggling with an ankle niggle.

Richarlison has played up front in the England international’s absence.

Frank, looking to bounce back from his first league loss since joining the club from Brentford, said that all players that had gone off to represent their countries had returned unscathed.

“Everyone returned from international duty well,” the Dane said.

“Always positive, very happy about that. Dom will not be available still, I don’t expect it to be too long but he will not be available for this game.”

Spurs will also be without Yves Bissouma, who Frank said was “not too far away” from a return to action.

James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski, and Radu Dragusin are longer-term absentees for the north Londoners.