Tottenham’s summer signing, who has not yet kicked a ball for the Lilywhites, is now edging close to a return, which comes as a boost to Thomas Frank.Frank has started with Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven in all three games so far, but there will be concern among Spurs fans about the pair’s injury troubles, particularly the Dutchman, whose recurring hamstring issues have seriously dented his development.The Dane has turned to Kevin Danso on a couple of occasions, but he is unable to call on the services of Radu Dragusin, who is on the mend from an ACL injury.However, the Spurs head coach will soon be boosted by the return of another talented young centre-back, who arrived earlier this summer.Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty ImagesKota Takai is edging close to a return at TottenhamKota Takai arrived in a £5m deal from Kawasaki Frontale earlier this summer, but Spurs fans have not got a glimpse of the 20-year-old so far.The Japanese international picked up a foot injury not long after joining Tottenham, which has meant that he has not featured in a single pre-season game nor in any of the club’s opening three fixtures.However, Football.London’s Alasdair Gold has now revealed that Takai has stepped up his recovery, having started training outside at Hotspur Way.The journalist reveals that the centre-back is now edging closer to a full return to first-team training. It thus may not be long before we see last year’s J League Young Player of the Year in action in a Tottenham shirt.Could Takai be loaned out by Spurs?We have previously heard that Tottenham are more likely to loan out Luka Vuskovic than Kota Takai, who is likely to remain at Hotspur Way.However, in the 20-year-old’s injury absence, Vuskovic has impressed, and he may have moved ahead of the Japanese defender in Thomas Frank’s pecking order.Additionally, it is widely reported that Tottenham want to sign another centre-back before the window closes. That means the possibility of both youngsters going out on loan cannot be ruled out.READ MORE: Tottenham fans receive injury update on Destiny Udogie and Dejan KulusevskiThe post Tottenham Hotspur summer signing is finally edging closer to his debut appeared first on Spurs Web.