Mousa Dembele is due to return to Tottenham imminently to continue his rehabilitation from an ankle injury after spending two weeks in Qatar at a specialist facility.

The midfielder, 31, suffered ankle ligament damage against Wolves on November 3 and he has been receiving treatment at Aspetar, where team-mate Harry Winks spent time in April to heal a similar problem.

Dembele will now travel back to the UK to continue his recovery at Hotspur Way, with a return date early in the New Year likely.

Dembele said: “Changing the environment is good for both mental and physical health and encourages you to work hard. I am excited to go back and to show that I am really doing well.”

Dembele is out of contract at the end of the season and the Belgium international is free to sign a pre-contract agreement with clubs in other countries in January.

Despite that, he believes Spurs’ future is bright and says the club are building a “stable environment”.

“I think we have all the ingredients to have a positive future,” he said. “We train hard, we have a new stadium opening soon, we have very good players, and we play very positive football. I like what Tottenham is doing by building a stable environment and infrastructure around football and our players.”