Five first-team Tottenham Hotspur players left out of squad to face Partizan

Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino has confirmed that five of his first-team players have not travelled with the squad to Belgrade to face Partizan in the Europa League.

The North London outfit begin their group campaign in Serbia tomorrow after qualifying for the next phase with a 5-1 aggregate victory over Cypriot outfit AEL Limassol.

In this afternoon's pre-match press conference, Pochettino confirmed that Emmanuel Adebayor, Mousa Dembele, Danny Rose, Nacer Chadli and captain Younes Kaboul have not travelled with the team.

Spurs head into tomorrow's match off the back of a 2-2 draw with Sunderland.