Tottenham Hotspur’s injury crisis has been compounded by an illness running through the squad before their game against Newcastle United on Saturday.
Tottenham will already be without nine players for the match at home to Newcastle, including their first-choice goalkeeper and three of their four central defenders, who are all injured.
Postecoglou gave players Monday and Tuesday off this week after the draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday to help them recover, but those plans have been derailed after Postecoglou said “a few” had been struggling with illness over the past few days.
“We had a bit of an illness bug running through the squad,” Postecoglou said. “A few have missed training but that’s all right, we’ll be OK.”
Postecoglou’s squad has been stretched to