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Tottenham Hotspur trained in North London on Wednesday (1st October) ahead of their Europa League Group C match against Besiktas of Turkey.

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The Tottenham squad trained at the club's north London complex today ahead of tomorrow's Europa League Group C game against Turkish side Besiktas.

A weakened team put out by manager Mauricio Pochettino in the opening game of this season's campaign ended in a frustrating 0-0 draw away at Partizan Belgrade.

Nabil Bentaleb was one of those who started that game and could feature at White Hart Lane as could Sunday's north-London derby goalscorer Nacer Chadli although he's been saved for league games for the most part this season

Pochettino's men should be favourites ahead of the match - a 1-1 draw at home by Greek side Asteras Tripolis was all tomorrow's visitors could manage in their first match which has left all four teams on one point.

A 2-0 victory for the north-Londoners is how it ended the last time the two sides met in Istanbul back in October 2006.

A similar result at White Hart Lane tomorrow would put them on course for the knockout stages the top of the table.