Tottenham’s damage disaster has deepened after Ben Davies suffered a setback in
coaching to probably depart Ange Postecoglou and not using a match centre-back for
Sunday’s go to of Wolves.
Spurs have been already with out Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven and Davies for Thursday’s 1-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest, however points have been then compounded when Radu Dragusin limped off with an ankle downside.
Talking about the necessity to enter into the January switch market to alleviate among the squad’s prolonged points, with as much as 9 gamers out injured and Djed Spence now suspended after getting despatched off towards Forest, Postecoglou stated: “We’re running a fine line.
“There’s at all times been points at completely different occasions however to not this extent. I feel we have had near fairly persistently 10 first-team gamers not obtainable for a big run of video games. Undoubtedly a primary for me. We’re in a tricky spot and we have now been for some time.
“We have been form of getting by way of it for fairly some time and maintaining our fingers crossed we do not get any extra points.
“[Transfer policy] could be disciplined, however we want a transparent image of the place we’re at. There’s a want to strengthen if we will, it isn’t a straightforward time to try this on this window.
“The membership is working arduous behind the scenes to assist the gamers we have got, who’re giving every part in each recreation to try to get us by way of.
“We need to help some of these guys, because there’s at least two or three who are feeling long-term injuries, so we’re going to be short there. Others are coming back and need time to get up to speed. We’re working hard to try to get reinforcements.”
Requested if Yves Bissouma – who completed the Forest recreation at centre-back – might step in as an emergency defender towards Wolves, he added: “Yves has never played there so I’m not sure why I would put him there. We’ll see.”
Guglielmo Vicario, Van de Ven, Romero, Davies, Spence, Mikey Moore, Wilson Odobert and Richarlison are confirmed absentees for Sunday’s Premier League assembly.
Postecoglou added on Davies: “Unfortunately he had a setback in training, so he’ll probably be out for a couple of weeks.”