New Tottenham manager Thomas Frank has admitted north London rivals Arsenal are “one of the best teams in the world”. Spurs face Arsenal in a pre-season friendly in Hong Kong on Thursday and Frank has acknowledged a gulf between the two clubs.

New Tottenham manager Thomas Frank admitted Tuesday that a pre-season clash against Arsenal in Hong Kong would be his first "great challenge" since taking charge and warned it would be "more than a friendly".

Tottenham Hotspur are ramping up their preparations for the pre-season tour of Asia that starts on Thursday. They will lock horns with bitter rivals Arsenal in the first North London derby outside British shores on July 31,