Monday 23 November 2015 13:18, UK
Toby Alderweireld admits the Paris attacks and subsequent security alerts across Europe have been playing on the mind of Tottenham's players.
Spurs skipper Hugo Lloris played in France's friendly against Germany at the Stade de France on the night of the terrorist attacks in the French capital which killed 130 people.
Since then, Brussels has been locked down as the hunt for one of the Paris suspects continues and Alderweireld, whose brother is a policeman in the Belgian capital, says the situation is a concern both for himself and Spurs' other Belgium internationals Mousa Dembele, Jan Vertonghen and Nacer Chadli.
The centre-half, who scored Spurs' second goal in Sunday's 4-1 win over West Ham, said: "Of course, it affects you. Paris is quite close to Belgium, and in Brussels there's a lot of problems there.
"My family's in Antwerp, so not so far from Brussels. My brother is a police officer in Brussels, so yeah, it affects you a little, but I try to focus on football.
"You think about it, it's always in the press, everybody talks about it. You have to talk with the group about it, but the rest we can't do anything about so hopefully everything will settle down quickly.
"All the Belgian guys (talk) of course, and the English guys, they're hearing and reading the press as well, so they want to know what's happening, so everybody knows everything.
"My brother doesn't get a free day. Every free day is gone as he has to work every day, sometimes in different places. For the rest (of the time), he doesn't talk a lot about it.
"He has to do his daily job like the rest of us and I think the army is there as well. It's not a good situation and hopefully it's quickly over."
