However, not everyone has jetted off across the continent, with a number of players remaining at Hotspur Way<\/a> after missing out on international call-ups.<\/p>\n It was revealed yesterday that Spurs had organised a behind-closed-doors friendly with Championship side Watford, giving some of those who stayed behind an opportunity to get valuable minutes into their legs.<\/p>\n Tottenham mostly fielded a young side in their friendly encounter, but three first-team players also featured in the tie against the Hornets.<\/p>\n Javi Gracia has returned to the dugout for Watford, and it was his side who came out on top, securing a 2-1 victory over Tottenham.<\/p>\n While the result itself holds little weight, the outing allowed Randal Kolo Muan<\/a>i to gain some much-needed minutes, with the French forward making his return from a dead leg. <\/p>\n Tottenham\u2019s third-choice goalkeeper Brandon Austin<\/a> and striker Dane Scarlett<\/a>, who has been involved with the Under-21s, were also given run-outs for the Lilywhites.<\/p>\n Randal Kolo Muani gains valuable minutes ahead of Spurs return<\/p>\n It is certainly a major boost for Kolo Muani<\/a>, the loan signing who arrived on deadline day but has managed just 13 minutes of football all season, with that appearance coming in the Champions League<\/a> against Villarreal.<\/p>\n He got a much-needed 45 minutes under his belt in this behind-closed-doors clash, which will be seen as a positive step as he works his way back to full fitness.<\/p>\n Tottenham have a little over a week before their next league fixture, and with Muani finally back on the grass, there is growing belief that he could make the bench for Spurs\u2019 next Premier League outing.<\/p>\n Have something to tell us about this article? Let us know <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tottenham took to the pitch in a behind-closed-doors friendly against Watford during the international break, with several familiar…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,89197,85,967],"class_list":["post-208107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-randal-kolo-muani","tag-sports","tag-tottenham"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Randal](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/randal-kolo-muani-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo by MaccaeditsTottenham fall to Watford in behind-closed-doors friendly<\/p>\n