With one Tottenham Hotspur star “now much closer” to a Spurs comeback, Ange Postecoglou has received some fantastic news.
Injury updates for Tottenham: Johnson, Perisic, and Bentancur
Spurs players Alfie Whiteman, Ryan Sessegnon, Manor Solomon, Brennan Johnson, Ivan Perisic, and Rodrigo Bentancur are among the prominent names sidelined due to various ailments. Four other players are currently not playing for the Spurs. Perisic may not return until April or May following his “complex” ACL tear at Hotspur Way (Fabrizio Romano) assuming he is still with the team by then. Solomon is set to miss the next two to three months due to a knee injury sustained during training.
The Croatian has been linked with a January move to Hadjuk Split, according to various reports, while Johnson could return after the international break after he was left out of the Wales squad through injury.
That being said, Bryan Gil and Giovani Lo Celso, who both started on the bench during Tottenham’s 1-0 victory over Luton Town last Saturday, are both healthy and available once more.
Notable injuries to Rodrigo Bentancur
Bentancur is one athlete that hasn’t played in a long time. Because of an ACL tear he sustained earlier in the season, the Uruguayan international has not yet made his Spurs debut under Postecoglou.
“The injury was at a time when I was very well, but the truth is that I do not change what happened for anything,” Bentancur said in June (ESPN via Sport Witness).
“I was missing a lot at the family level and everything that I am experiencing with my daughter and my girlfriend in these four months is priceless. That is also why my recovery time has passed so quickly and I am doing so well. It’s a long injury, one of the most difficult in football, but the truth is that I’m having such a good time with my family, I train the same every day, I do double shifts two or three times a week.
“I brought the club’s physiotherapist to Uruguay; we continue working and my knee is doing very well. I didn’t set a lap time, but I hope in two or three months to be at least gaining a few minutes again.”
| Bentancur strengths | Bentancur weaknesses |
|---|---|
| Passing | Discipline |
| Blocking the ball | |
| Ball interception | |
| Tackling |
It will be interesting to watch if the South American can force his way back into the mix after being a consistent and standout player under former manager Antonio Conte’s tutelage last season. The dynamic duo of Yves Bissouma and Pape Matar Sarr in the midfield is producing excellent results right now, but according to Football Insider, journalist Pete O’Rourke has learned that Bentancur could return shortly to offer competition.
According to the journalist, Bentancur is “now much closer” to returning to Tottenham; he is anticipated to return around the middle of November. Postecoglou will be quite happy to learn that the former Juventus player is “closing in on a return for Tottenham” and is nearing the “final stages” of his recuperation.
