Tottenham star Eric Dier has spoken about his appendicitis emergency last month.

The 25-year-old English midfielder had to go to the hospital near Christmas when he was suffering from stomach pain.

Luckily, he got there in time, with the procedure going well.

"Just the day before the Burnley game, I was suffering with some stomach pain and it didn't seem to be that serious at the time, it was just a little bit of discomfort," explained Dier in the club's matchday programme.

"We thought it was just a stomach ache because of the symptoms I had at the time and then that changed quite quickly on the Saturday, the day of the game.

"I was in constant contact with the doctors here and when my symptoms changed, it started to show what could be appendicitis.

"I had to get straight to hospital so that's what I did, and then from there I had all the relevant tests and they saw pretty quickly that it was my appendix and I had the operation a couple of hours later."