Ange Postecoglou will be hoping a Tottenham star returns from injury to face Brighton in the Premier League this Sunday. Spurs have won their last five games in all competitions and therefore will be looking to enter the October international break with another three points.
The latest victory for the Lilywhites arrived in Europa League action away at Hungarian champions Ferencvaros, with Brennan Johnson and Pape Sarr on target. Destiny Udogie and Son Heung-min both missed the clash through injury, with Radu Dragusin suspended.
Though Postecoglou had only offered updates on Son and Udogie 48 hours prior, the Tottenham boss was on hand to provide the latest on the duo before his side's trip to Brighton at the weekend, with it sounding as though at least one return could be made.
"First things first last night, all good," he said on Friday. "Obviously, fairly tired, but physically no issues from last night’s game. Then out of the guys who sort of stayed back, Destiny, we think, will be okay. We have training today and tomorrow so he has to get through that.
"Sonny unlikely, he’s pushing hard, but I just don’t think the turnaround will be quick enough for him to be available at this stage. And then that’s it, the others are kind of long-term." Udogie going straight back into the team looks likely as long as the Italian can make it through training.
As for the bad news, with Son set to miss out and Wilson Odobert injured, another start for Timo Werner is likely, though Mikey Moore put in a superb display on Thursday evening. The 17-year-old played the full 90 minutes against Ferencvaros and has seemingly proven to Postecoglou that he can be a very useful option this season.
With Odobert expected to miss another four weeks at least, that will be extremely valuable, especially with games coming thick and fast. Elsewhere, Richarlison is still missing because of an injury with Postecoglou, based on his last update, making it clear it could be a while before he is back.
“He is a fair way off; I think you should stop asking me about him until I give you a bit of an update," he revealed last month. He has still not trained with the first team, so he is still a bit off.” Despite that, he was recently captured back out on the grass at Hotspur Way training individually, which suggests progress has been made towards a return.
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