Tottenham have suffered an injury scare ahead of the upcoming North London derby following a bizarre incident in Friday’s Nations League clash between Italy and France.
Luciano Spalletti’s side recorded a headline-grabbing 3-1 win over their Group A2 opponents thanks to goals from Federico Dimarco, Davide Frattesi and Giacomo Raspadori.
It was a night full of positives for the Italians, who have struggled on the international scene in recent years.
But a huge setback was an injury to Tottenham star produced a crunching challenge to his opponent
The 22-year-old tried to power through before being replaced five minutes later.
After the game, Italy manager Luciano Spalletti gave an update on Tottenham star situation, saying: “We need to assess Riccardo but with our staff, we’ve a good chance to have him back with us for the next game.”
However, it has emerged that he has left the Italy camp to be assessed by the Tottenham medical staff ahead of their upcoming Premier League clash against arsenal.
Tottenham will be without micky van de ven for Sunday’s game after he was injured
Summer signing solanke is also expected to miss the game following a freak injury in training. In fact, the striker will miss a “few weeks” after the shoulder injury.
“Yes, very unfortunate,” ange said solanke injury. “He had a collision and he has a shoulder injury. It looks like he’s going to be out for a more weeks.”
Tottenham Hotspur boss Ange Postecoglou has reportedly been handed a positive injury update for star defender Micky van de Ven ahead of next week’s north London derby against Arsenal.
Having started and played 90 minutes in both of Spurs’ opening two Premier League matches this season, the Dutchman was forced to miss last Sunday’s defeat away to Newcastle United with a knee injury.
It left Tottenham looking shaky at the back, with the capital club exposed on several occasions – a problem that eventually led to Newcastle snatching the winner 12 minutes from time.
And with Premier League hopefuls Arsenal next up for Spurs, Postecoglou will be keen to have Van de Ven back in the starting XI.
It’s suggested by Dr Rajpal Brar, who spoke to Tottenham news spur , that the knee injury that kept Van de Ven out of last weekend’s fixture isn’t considered a serious one and he was left out of the matchday squad as a ‘precaution’.
The doctor said: “He injured the knee during a tussle in the Everton game and has been making progress since.
“Not exactly sure what the issue is but he was already close prior to the international break and the club were cautious with him – partly due to, as Ange referred, a heavy program following the break where Tottenham matches come thick and fast with multiple of them against top competition.”
Postecoglou is right to be wary of his players’ workloads, as after Sunday’s meeting with Arsenal, Spurs are in League Cup action away to Coventry City, before another all-London Premier League tie, this time against Brentford.
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