Ange Postecoglou has confirmed that Ben Davies will not be available for Tottenham's Premier League game against Manchester City on Wednesday evening. The experienced defender was not part of the Spurs squad for last Saturday's 4-1 win at Ipswich Town and he is unfortunately not in a position to return against Pep Guardiola's side.
As Tottenham do not have a game this Saturday due to their FA Cup exit against Aston Villa, Davies has plenty of time to fully recover ahead of the Europa League round of 16 first leg clash against AZ Alkmaar. Aside from Davies, Postecoglou has no fresh injury issues to report after their win at Ipswich.
“Good news, everyone who played (at Ipswich) got through really well," he said in an interview with Tottenham's official website. "It’s great that we could give guys like Madders and Pedro a bit of a rest and still be able to come on, and contribute, and get game time into Brennan and Destiny.
"They all came through really well. So, that means it will be a similar squad for tomorrow. We were hoping maybe Ben would be ready for this game, he won’t make it, but we’ve a seven-day break (after City), so, he’ll miss out.”
Pressed for updates on Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Dominic Solanke and Richarlison, the Spurs boss has indicated that the quartet are "all tracking really well" and it could be in the "next seven to 10 days" when they return.
“They are all tracking really well, all similar times, hopefully in the next seven to 10 days," explained the 59-year-old. "A couple of them are already training but, over that period, we’ll start incorporating them back into matchday squads."
On possible returns for the players in question against AZ Alkmaar on Thursday, March 6, he added: “Yes, potentially. I’m not sure if they’ll participate in that, but the idea is that at least a couple of them should be back in training and available for that game.
"Obviously, we have to back that up on the weekend (after) against Bournemouth (March 9), so, with two games, I’m hoping if we can get a couple more back, it means again we can tackle those two games with a strong squad.”
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