When each of Thomas Frank's Tottenham stars return from international duty to train for Aston Villa

Thomas Frank will be waiting for the bulk of his Tottenham Hotspur squad to return for the game against Aston Villa

Thomas Frank will be looking to continue Tottenham's strong start under him with the visit of Aston Villa in the Premier League after the international break.

Spurs welcome Unai Emery's side on Sunday October 19 with a 2pm kick-off at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and Frank will be sweating over the fitness and availability of the 19 players currently off around Europe and the world on international duty.

The North London side have 16 players on senior international duty in Djed Spence for England, Micky van de Ven and Xavi Simons for the Netherlands, Ben Davies and Brennan Johnson for Wales, Guglielmo Vicario and Destiny Udogie for Italy, Cristian Romero for Argentina, Mohammed Kudus for Ghana, Pedro Porro for Spain, Lucas Bergvall for Sweden, Joao Palhinha for Portugal, Rodrigo Bentancur for Uruguay, Richarlison for Brazil and Pape Matar Sarr for Senegal.

Yves Bissouma is back after a a knee injury and has accordingly been included in Mali's squad. However, it is unclear whether suggestions he may join up for their second match against Madagascar will come to pass or instead the midfielder will remain at Hotspur Way throughout the entire break.

There are also a trio of U21 call-ups for Tottenham with Archie Gray heading with England and Mathys Tel and Wilson Odobert travelling for French duty.

Due to the staggered nature now of international matches, the Spurs players will be returning to Hotspur Way at different times. A string of players are facing their second matches on Sunday so could be in training on Tuesday depending on their minutes after a recovery day in between.

They include Xavi and Van de Ven with the Netherlands playing a World Cup qualifier at home against Finland, while Danso is with Austria away that night in Romania. In Africa, Kudus will be playing for Ghana at home against Comoros with Bissouma potentially in action for Mali at home against Madagascar if he makes the trip.

The next batch of Spurs stars play on Monday night and could be back in training within 48 hours. They include Bergvall with a Sweden home qualifier against Kosovo, Davies and Johnson at home with Wales against Belgium, while Odobert and Tel are involved in a France home European Under-21 Championship qualifier against Estonia. Archie Gray will be with Spurs loan player Ashley Phillips, currently at Stoke, as England welcome Andorra.

That night, although technically 12am UK time on Tuesday, captain Romero has a friendly with Argentina against Puerto Rico in the USA.

Then at 11.30am UK time on Tuesday, Richarlison could be involved in Brazil's friendly in Japan, while later that night Palhinha may play for Portugal at home against Hungary, as could Porro for Spain at home against Bulgaria and Spence for England in Latvia. Italians Udogie and Vicario take on Manor Solomon's Israel in Italy while the latest returnee to Hotspur Way could be Sarr who faces a Senegal home qualifier against Mauritania on Tuesday night UK time.