Asked about Antonin in his pre-match press conference on Tuesday afternoon, Thomas said: “Antonin will start tomorrow. I’m very happy with him as a goalkeeper. I think he’s a very good goalkeeper with very good potential.
“For any player not starting, they’re not happy. Some probably understand it a bit more. How can I say… outfielders, sometimes, you’re young, you’re trying to get your way into it, but at some stage you always want to play. Same for goalkeepers. The easy thing for Antonin would have been to stay at his former club. Now it’s a bigger stage, a bigger challenge. He has a great future here at Tottenham, I like what I see from him, he just has to keep training well and doing well.”