Jan Paul van Hecke has made an interesting admission about his first days at Tottenham Hotspur in the summer following the World Cup.Spurs looked well short of the required fitness levels in their first Premier League match of the season against Brentford, struggling to match the Bees’ intensity.Speaking after the 3-0 loss, De Zerbi admitted that he knew his players were not at the required physical condition yet, given the challenges they faced this summer.The Italian remarked that Tottenham could not work in the way they wanted during their pre-season tour of Australia and New Zealand, and one of the club’s new signings has now made a big admission about the trip.Credit: @thatfootballphotog / InstagramTottenham star Jan Paul van Hecke admits he struggled for almost two weeks after the Australia tourThe Spurs players had to take a 26-hour flight from London to Auckland, and given the jet lag from the trip, De Zerbi chose not to risk many of his senior players in the friendlies in Australia and New Zealand, preferring to use academy youngsters.Van Hecke has now admitted that it took him nearly two weeks to fully recover from the impact of the trip to the other side of the globe.The Tottenham centre-back said regarding his summer (via The Guardian): “It was a really short break (after the World Cup), but I didn’t want to miss anything in the pre-season. My first days [as a Spurs player] were in New Zealand and Australia.“Physical-wise, of course, it impacts your body. I struggled for one or two weeks. There are two sides. Normally you don’t go there, and now you see that they also love football. That’s something good.”Has Spurs’ pre-season programme cost them points?Given the financial regulations in football these days, it is understandable why clubs take up commercial obligations in the summer to maximise their revenue.However, it is evident that flying halfway around the world has disrupted De Zerbi’s pre-season plans and has led to the Tottenham squad not being as sharp as they could have been for the start of the campaign.If one was being uncharitable, one could say that it may have cost Spurs three points at Brentford.If Spurs do miss out on Champions League qualification by three points or less this season, the loss in revenue will likely be greater than the commercial revenue the club earned from their trip to Australia.READ MORE: Kevin Danso reveals why he was annoyed after scoring first Tottenham goalThe post Jan Paul van Hecke admission suggests Tottenham made big error this summer appeared first on Spurs Web.