Ange Postecoglou confirmed Tottenham will remain without Son Heung-min for Sunday's Premier League meeting with Liverpool at Anfield.
Liverpool will secure the title if it avoids defeat on Sunday — although the trophy lift will have to wait until after the final game of the season against Crystal Palace.
Spurs captain Son has missed each of his side's last three games and is still rehabilitating from a foot problem. Issuing an update on the state of his squad to club media, manager Postecoglou said: “Squad-wise, no change from the other day. All the guys got through it [the Nottingham Forest game] okay. In terms of rehab, the only one is Sonny who is still going through that process, improving but not ready for Sunday.
“We'll see [if he's available to face Bodo/Glimt in the Europa League on Thursday]. He's improving. First time he's got out on the grass today and he said it's better than what it was. It's a day-by-day situation."
Quizzed on if his captain needed treatment or rest, Postecoglou responded: “Bit of both. It was obviously the foot element, because it's weight-bearing we needed to give some rest, some time off it and give him some treatment. The main thing was to get him off his feet to give him time to get back.”
Postecoglou hinted he will tinker with his team for the trip to Anfield considering the magnitude of next week's Europa League game in North London.
“With the programme we have coming up, Thursday obviously is a big night for us, so it will be a matter of playing a few [against Liverpool] that need the game time and others we feel may need less exposure, we’ll have a look at it.”
Spurs have struggled with injuries for much of the season but they actually have a relatively clean bill of health at the moment, with Radu Dragusin the only absentee other than Son. Romanian defender Dragusin will be out for some time after undergoing surgery on an ACL injury in February.
Postecoglou was full of praise for Liverpool head coach Arne Slot, with the Dutchman now just a point away from winning the Premier League during his first season in charge of the Reds.
"He is an outstanding manager and he picked up an outstanding team," Postecoglou said. "They have been brilliant in the league this year. They have been really consistent, maintained a really high level. They have had the best players playing all the time and playing at a really high level. That is a credit to Arne, his coaching staff and the players themselves. They have been close in the last few years and the fact they are on the cusp of potentially winning another title is a credit to everyone involved."