Tottenham have received a double injury boost after Radu Dragusin and Kota Takai were both handed match action on Tuesday.

The defenders both featured for Wayne Burnett’s Under-21 team in a behind-closed-doors friendly against National League South side Dagenham and Redbridge at Hotspur Way.

Both players started the game in Enfield, with Takai playing the first half and Dragusin - who also played 45 minutes for the U21s against Leyton Orient last month - featuring for 65 minutes as they each built up valuable match fitness.

Takai has yet to make a single first-team appearance for Spurs having dealt with plantar fasciitis in his foot and a thigh injury since completing a £5million transfer from J1 League side Kawasaki Frontale in the summer.

Dragusin, meanwhile, has not played at

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