Tottenham star Randal Kolo Muani was involved in a car crash after the offside front tyre of his Ferrari blew out on the motorway.
The forward, 27, had been travelling to Stansted Airport after training on Tuesday ahead of his side’s Champions League clash against Eintracht Frankfurt, and escaped unhurt.
Fellow Spurs man Wilson Odobert had been following Kolo Muani on the M25 in Hertfordshire when the smash occurred, and pulled over to make sure his team-mate was safe.
Images from the scene show the players standing in the lay-by of the motorway, with the front of the black Ferrari Purosangue – which can sell for more than £400,000 – wrecked. The airbag in the driving seat of the SUV also appears to have been activated.
Spurs boss Thomas Frank confirmed the players had come through it unharmed.
‘Both are fine,’ he said, when asked if they had been shaken by the accident. ‘Unfortunately, they were both involved in a minor accident. Everyone else involved in that accident was fine. It was a tyre blowing up and so the two of them are a little bit delayed. But they will land later.’
The offside tyre of Tottenham forward Randal Kolo Muani’s black Ferrari blew out on Tuesday
Kolo Muani escaped unhurt and was joined at the side of the M25 motorway by Wilson Odobert
Odobert (right) had been following Kolo Muani and checked to see if his team-mate was safeÂ
The Purosangue – the first SUV the Italian manufacturers have released – is priced at around £313,000 but they are frequently fitted with optional extras which take them beyond £400,000.
It is powered by a 6.5-litre 725-horsepower V12 engine and can go from 0-62mph in 3.3 seconds. The top speed of the car is 192mph.
Frank’s squad took off without Kolo Muani and Odobert, but both are expected to join up with the squad and be available for the game in Germany.
The Danish boss is desperately short of available players. Counting Kolo Muani and Odobert the Spurs boss has 11 senior outfield players available for the game.Â
Pedro Porro and Micky van de Ven, meanwhile, are the latest additions to a growing injury list.
Porro has been ruled out for four weeks with a hamstring injury picked up at Burnley on Saturday, when he was replaced at half time. Van de Ven, who played for 90 minutes at Burnley, has not travelled to Frankfurt.
Frank said it was ‘a minor issue’ and ‘not a hamstring’ and that the Netherlands centre half is ‘big possibility’ to face Manchester City in the Premier League on Sunday.
‘It definitely does not help any of us,’ said the Spurs boss. ‘Of course, we prefer to have the best players out there on the pitch.Â
‘Any coach and teammate wants that, but we also have a squad and need other players to step up as they’ve done and perform.
Spurs are already guaranteed to qualify for the knock out rounds but know victory in Frankfurt will clinch a top eight finish and a bye into the last 16 of the competition.
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Spurs stars involved in car crash: Tyre on Randal Kolo Muani’s Ferrari blows on M25, with his team-mate Wilson Odobert following, leaving vehicle wrecked on the side of the road