Radu Dragusin gives fresh Tottenham injury update and opens up on Thomas Frank team meetings

Radu Dragusin has admitted that he has "enjoyed" his journey in working his way back to full fitness from a serious injury and said it has "changed me in a good way". The Romanian international sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury in his right knee during Spurs' Europa League victory over Elfsborg in late January.

Dragusin has not featured for the club since and he unfortunately had to watch on from the stands for the team's Europa League final win over Manchester United. The player continues to put in the hard work behind the scenes to get back to full fitness and he knows the importance of having a positive mindset when it comes to making a comeback from such a cruel setback.

"During my injury, I was on crutches, my knee was really stiff because of the surgery, obviously," he said in an interview with SPURSPLAY. "It was a long process until I got my full, normal walking, let's say, and after that, things really was a positive journey. I can say I enjoyed this journey, because if you don't, it's really hard to get back to the levels you were.

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"So, yeah, it was a big change for me. It was a change that I had to learn to live with it, to train with it. I think it changed me in a good way, because it gave me another perspective that I can view everything in football. We have to have a positive mindset, you have to embrace this injury, even though it's the worst part of the game, you need to learn and find a way that can make you happy and enjoy the process. And I think I found that way.

"All the staff, all the players here have been really helpful to not get distance from them. I feel like they really helped me. Like you say, also the fans have been incredible online and everyone who meeting me on the street are telling me 'we can't wait for you to come back' and that really helped."

Dragusin may not have been part of Thomas Frank's Tottenham squad for the pre-season tour of Asia but he has been fully involved at Hotspur Way in team meetings as they plan for the new campaign.

"I'm part of the meetings. I've been to all the meetings with the squad, for the tactical meetings and for everything that he and the staff tries to build with us," he admitted. "And I think that was really important, also for me to understand the way he wants to play, the principles, the tactics that he wants to implement.

"I can't wait to be back. I've been working hard on and off the pitch with the medical and the fitness staff. Once I'm fully fit, I can't wait to be back with the boys and then be back for the matches also."