Ange Postecoglou has provided an injury update on Tottenham stars James Maddison and Son Heung-min.
After their stunning win against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League on Thursday night, Spurs return to Premier League action on Monday as they welcome Nottingham Forest to north London. Managed by former Tottenham boss Nuno Espirito Santo, Forest are flying high in the Premier League and have hopes of finishing in the Champions League places.
Ahead of the fixture on Monday night, Postecoglou confirmed that Maddison is a doubt to face Forest, while Son has been ruled out completely. Son missed last weekend's loss at Wolves and the midweek win in Germany due to a foot injury. The South Korean was spotted in training ahead of the Europa League quarter-final second leg but, in the end, the Lilywhites captain did not travel with the rest of the group.
Maddison, meanwhile, was forced off during the 1-0 win over Frankfurt. The Spurs playmaker won a penalty in the first half after he was clattered by Kaua Santos following a ball over the top by Cristian Romero. Maddison tried to head the ball over the Frankfurt goalkeeper but instead was taken out. Dominic Solanke took the resulting penalty and made no mistake from the spot.
Maddison had to be replaced soon after by Dejan Kulusevski and is still "sore", according to Postecoglou. Speaking to the media on Saturday, the Australian said: "We had the day off yesterday as we didn't get back until the early hours of Friday morning. Madders is probably a bit sore so a doubt for Monday. Sonny is still out."
Asked for a time frame on Son, Postecoglou said: "Not really sure, something he's been dealing with for a while and we got to a point where it wasn't improving and it was deteriorating. So it's a good time to give him a bit of a rest."
While Son did not travel with the group to Germany, the Tottenham captain has been in constant contact with his teammates following the win. "He was in contact with the boys. We discussed whether he should come along but I felt that to have the best chance of Sonny being available for the semis, we left him behind," Postecoglou said.
"He was in the group chats, that's what they call them don't they? I just saw him this morning, I caught him in the corridor and he's delighted."