Rose back in Spurs fold for pre-season after failing to secure move

Danny Rose has returned to the Tottenham squad for the Audi Cup pre-season tournament in Munich after failing to secure a move.

The left-back was omitted from the tour of China to try to find a new club, but Spurs are yet to agree a deal for the England international.

Rose has therefore been restored to manager Mauricio Pochettino’s travelling party with less than two weeks of the summer transfer window remaining.

It means Tottenham will contest the Audi Cup with three players who had been expected to leave and only one new signing, midfielder Tanguy Ndombele.

Chairman Daniel Levy broke the club’s transfer record to sign Ndombele for £55million, but fans are still waiting for the evolution Pochettino insisted was needed at the back end of last season.

Kieran Trippier left in a £20 million move to Atletico Madrid, but Rose, Christian Eriksen and Toby Alderweireld are still at Tottenham and part of the squad who will play Real Madrid tonight at the Allianz Arena and either Bayern Munich or Fenerbahce tomorrow.

Rose will not be pushed out of Spurs and will only leave for what he believes is the right move. With interest in the Premier League limited, Tottenham’s best chance of selling him might be abroad with Paris St-germain, Juventus and Atletico all having shown interest in the 29-year-old.

Levy still has a lot of work to do over the final nine days of the transfer window, with Spurs chasing Fulham full-back Ryan Sessegnon and Real Betis midfielder Giovani Lo Celso. Talks have also been held in an ambitious move for Juventus forward Paulo Dybala.

Other than Trippier, back-up striker Fernando Llorente has also left Tottenham, although he could return on a reduced contract. an

Eric Dier, who did not travel to China after requiring surgery, is still out, while Serge Aurier has undergone surgery to a hand injury he suffered while on international duty with the Ivory Coast.

That leaves Pochettino with Kyle Walker-peters and Juan Foyth as his options at right-back and Foyth is suspended for the start of the Premier League season.

Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris returned to the squad recovering from tonsillitis. has after