Ange Postecoglou will be sweating on the fitness of one of his key men ahead of a trip to the Etihad Stadium after the player picked up an injury while playing for his national side on Tuesday.
Tottenham dealing with a number of absentees
Tottenham are without both Richarlison and Wilson Odobert, with both attackers out with long-term hamstring injuries.
Meanwhile, Micky van de Ven has been out of action since Tottenham’s Carabao Cup win over Manchester City last month and we await news on how close the Dutchman is to returning.
His centre-back partner, Cristian Romero, picked up a foot injury while playing for Argentina last week, with no update regarding the 26-year-old’s situation from the club so far.
Key Tottenham man picks up a shoulder injury
Postecoglou now potentially faces being without another one of his key players for Saturday’s clash against Manchester City.
Dejan Kulusevski delivered an outstanding performance for Sweden on Tuesday, scoring twice and laying on an assist as the home side emerged 6-0 winners over Azerbaijan in Stockholm.
However, Football.London noted that towards the end of the game, the 24-year-old was left in pain after going in for a challenge, with the Spurs man going down holding his left shoulder.
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Kulusevski has had a few shoulder knocks while playing for Tottenham over recent weeks but he has soldiered on, and he did the same on Tuesday.
Postecoglou will thus have a nervous wait as the former Juventus star arrives at Hotspur Way to assess the issue.
Early signs looking positive for Kulusevski
The fact that Kulusevski continued playing on in the final few minutes of the game is good news as that would not have been possible if it was something severe like a dislocation.
The attacker is quite a sturdy individual and does not pick up too many injuries, so Postecolgou will be confident that he will be good to go for Saturday’s clash.