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Tottenham Hotspur have one of the worst injury records in the Premier League so far this season.

Save for a goalkeeper, you could almost field a full XI with players they currently have in the treatment room, not helped by Cristian Romero picking up a straight red card against Manchester United, his second of the season, meaning he will start a four-game suspension when the Lilywhites face Newcastle United.

His defensive colleague, Pedro Porro, is another one of those absentees, who hasn’t played since going off at half-time against Burnley towards the end of January.

Is Pedro Porro fit to face Newcastle United?

Frank originally said he was just managing the workload of the Spain international, but later admitted that it was, in fact, a hamstring injury that was set to keep him sidelined for weeks.

Helpfully, the Spurs boss did provide a timeline, so we know roughly when to expect him back.

Speaking to journalists in January, Frank said: “Pedro hasn’t travelled [to the Eintracht Frankfurt game on 28 January].

“Unfortunately, he’s picked up a hamstring injury, so he’ll be out for four weeks.”

Frank said that one Tuesday 27 January, which would make the Newcastle game three weeks exactly, and leave Porro with just one week of recovery time left.

That means that he could be in line for some involvement in the North London Derby, which falls on the Sunday of the same week he’s currently projected to return.

His return would be a huge boost, especially against the Gunners.

Porro and Richarlison are the only two players Frank is hoping to have back at some point this month.

Kevin Danso, Destiny Udogie, Lucas Bergvall, Ben Davies, Mohammed Kudus, Rodrigo Bentancur, Dejan Kulusevski and James Maddison are all expect to return between March and the summer.

And because of how Romero’s suspension has fallen, he won’t be back in action for Spurs for over a month, with Spurs’ trip to Anfield in the middle of March marking his return.

Frank’s job is already somewhat under pressure with the side now in 15th place in the table, and his luck with injuries this season certainly isn’t making it any easier.

Tottenham Hotspur are not used to being involved in a relegation battle.

Spurs haven't dropped into the second tier of English football since the late 1970s, while the last time relegation was a real possibility was back in 1993/94, when they finished 15th in the Premier League and only secured survival on the penultimate day of the season.

But Thomas Frank's men face being dragged into a relegation fight this term, with a seven-game winless run in the league leaving them 15th in the table, just six points above the bottom three.

Premier League relegation would cause major financial headache for Spurs

This was not the future envisaged by Spurs when they moved into the state-of-the-art Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in 2019.

They reached the Champions League final that same year, losing to Liverpool, while they were in the middle of a run of 16 successive top-eight finishes in the Premier League.

That explains why Tottenham players aren't thought to have salary-reduction clauses in their contracts in the event of relegation, according to The Telegraph.

Former staff members who worked at Spurs during Daniel Levy's tenure as chairman, which spanned from 2001 until last September, told the newspaper that such clauses weren't inserted into contracts when they were at the club.

The Telegraph adds that sources still connected to Tottenham believe this hasn't changed since Levy's departure five months ago.

It means that Spurs could be saddled with a squad full of players on huge salaries next season if they fail to arrest their slide down the table and drop into the Championship.

The club would make some savings to the wage bill, as bonuses would no longer be applicable if they miss out on European qualification, but the numbers would still be astronomical by the standards of English football's second tier, while their revenue would also fall dramatically.

It is one of many reasons why relegation is unthinkable for Spurs, who lifted the Europa League only last season after beating Manchester United in the final.

They finished 17th in the Premier League that same campaign, but ended with a 13-point gap to the drop zone.

When Tottenham Hotspur finished 17th in the Premier League last season, fans of the north London club must have thought it couldn't get any worse.

Spurs took just 38 points from their 38 league games in 2024/25, losing 22 times, although their awful domestic form was masked slightly by the club ending their 17-year wait for a trophy with victory over Manchester United in the Europa League final.

In truth, the failings of relegated trio Leicester City, Ipswich Town and Southampton meant Tottenham, who finished 13 points clear of the bottom three, were never at risk of the drop - but this season they have much less margin for error.

When were Tottenham last relegated from the top flight?

Spurs head into the midweek round of matches 15th in the Premier League, just six points above the relegation zone.

Their form is even more alarming than their position in the table, having taken just four points - all draws - from their past seven league games.

And if Thomas Frank's side can't turn their fortunes around, there is a real danger that Tottenham could drop into the second tier for the first time since 1977.

The club had enjoyed a successful start to the 1970s, winning two League Cups and the UEFA Cup, but they finished bottom of the First Division in 1976/77 under manager Keith Burkinshaw.

Spurs sealed an immediate return to the top flight as they took the third and final automatic promotion place in the second tier the following season, behind Bolton Wanderers and Southampton.

In fact, Burkinshaw even went on to become one of Tottenham's most successful managers, guiding the club to consecutive FA Cups in 1980/81 and 1981/82 and the UEFA Cup in 1983/84.

A first relegation in 49 years would be hugely embarrassing for a club who won a European trophy less than 12 months ago, reached the Champions League final as recently as 2019 and boast one of the most impressive grounds in the world in the form of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

But they will need to find a few wins from somewhere in their final 13 games of the season, with the points total required for Premier League survival looking set to be close to the traditional 40 points this term.

West Ham United are 18th but have 23 points from their 25 matches - and the Hammers are in form, having won three of their past four games.

And Leeds United and Nottingham Forest, who occupy the two positions immediately below Spurs, have each tasted victory in two of their past five matches to narrow the gap to the north London club.

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Following back-to-back defeats to both Arsenal and Manchester City, Chelsea now find themselves in a battle for top three and those all-important Champions League places.

Meanwhile, Tottenham have been a surprise package this season, lifting themselves out of penultimate place last season into a very respectable fifth and only one point behind the WSL champions.

This London derby is taking place at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, their first and only match at the main stadium of this campaign.

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Tottenham vs Chelsea: WSL preview

Chelsea come into this clash desperate for a win after a disappointing 2-0 loss at home to Arsenal followed by an embarrassing 5-1 annihilation to league-leaders Manchester City last weekend.

Their title hopes are all but over, but this London derby will have them in the mood to turn their successes around.

In a fixture where the Blues have historically dominated, winning each of the 12 previous WSL meetings by an aggregate score of 28-7, this tie feels different.

A lacklustre Chelsea, led by Sonia Bompastor who was questioned about the future of her job after the embarrassing defeat to City last weekend, take on a Spurs side who are outperforming their expectations this season.

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A rare moment sees just one point separating the two rivals, with the battle for the all-important top three Champions League places well and truly alive.

Spurs' form coming into this game is mixed. Two weeks ago saw Martin Ho's side lose to bottom-place Liverpool, gifting the Reds their only win of the season thus far.

But a win against West Ham last weekend, where Spurs came from a goal behind to win 2-1, will give Ho's side the fight that they need to take on the WSL champions.

When they met earlier this season at Kingsmeadow in October, only a Keira Walsh screamer separated the two sides in a narrow 1-0 Chelsea victory.

Much has changed since then and with pressure rising on the Chelsea boss, this match is set to be a blockbuster.

FourFourTwo's prediction

Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Chelsea

Spurs held Arsenal to a draw earlier this season and following a very fruitful transfer window for Spurs, I predict the same result on Sunday.

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Last May, Manchester United and Spurs put it all on the line in Bilbao. The Europa League finalists had both stumbled badly in the Premier League and only European success could salvage something from the season.

Spurs won the Europa League and claimed a place in the Champions League. As they meet for the second time this season, it doesn't seem ridiculous to ask whether they'd swap places.

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Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur: Premier League preview

Man United are somewhat remarkably winless in their last eight meetings with Spurs in all competitions, a sequence that dates back as far as a 2-0 win at Old Trafford in October 2022.

Traditionally, this is a fixture that serves up plenty of goals. In the Premier League era alone there's been a 6-1 away win for Spurs, a 5-2, a 4-0 away win for United and a famous 5-3 Red Devils victory at White Hart Lane.

There hasn't been a goalless draw between Man United and Spurs for more than a decade and interim head coach Michael Carrick will be desperate for his team to impose their will on this 12.30pm kick-off.

They've won all three matches on his watch and are now nicely perched just inside the Premier League's top four with that elusive Champions League return in their crosshairs.

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If their opponents are enjoying the benefits of a mid-season managerial change, Spurs are labouring under Thomas Frank after his summer appointment.

Now 14th in the table, the Europa League holders are on a six-match winless run in the Premier League. The Champions League is offering some relief elsewhere but those six matches were against Brentford, Sunderland, Bournemouth, West Ham United, Burnley and Man City.

Spurs were able to correct course for long enough to ride a spectacular Dominic Solanke double to a point at the Etihad Stadium but supporters have every right to be livid about that little run of form.

Bumping up against a freshly in-form United on their own patch might be the last thing Spurs needed. With home games against Newcastle United and Arsenal to follow, Frank could be heading into a pivotal fortnight.

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FourFourTwo's prediction

Manchester United 4-2 Tottenham Hotspur

If you told us no human being had ever correctly predicted a Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur scoreline, we wouldn't be entirely surprised. Goals please.

Thomas Frank's Spurs squad is looking in better shape for his side's Premier League trip to Old Trafford on Saturday lunchtime.

Tottenham Hotspur will head to Manchester United to play out another repeat of last year's Europa League final in a 12:30pm kick-off.

That makes it back-to-back games against the Manchester clubs for Frank's side, who came back from two goals down at the break to claim a 2-2 draw away to Pep Guardiola's Manchester City last weekend.

Micky van de Ven one of several Tottenham players back in contention after injury

Tottenham were without a few important players for that game, with Micky van de Ven sidelined with a 'minor injury'.

Captain Cristian Romero was meanwhile taken off ill at the break, Dominic Solanke had to be subbed off after rolling his ankle, and Djed Spence was kept out by a calf issue.

But Van de Ven was one of a number of players Frank was able to offer positive news about at his pre-match press conference on Thursday.

The Spurs boss said: "Everyone or most are OK. Micky [Van de Ven] is good. He trained today. He is available for selection for Saturday.

"Djed (Spence) is getting closer. He will be a little bit touch and go but there is a good chance he could be ready."

Frank also went on to confirm that Dominic Solanke is fit and available for selection following fears an ankle injury might keep him out of action at Old Trafford.

Those returns will come as a very welcome boost amid an injury list that also includes Ben Davies, Dejan Kulusevski, James Maddison, Lucas Bergvall, Rodrigo Bentacur, Mohamed Kudus, Richarlison and Pedro Porro.

That led skipper Romero to hit out in an Instagram post explaining his withdrawal at half time after he had started the game despite feeling unwell.

He wrote: "I wanted to be available to help them even though I wasn't feeling well, especially since we only had 11 players available - unbelievable but true and disgraceful."

Tottenham Hotspur Women’s managing director Andy Rogers believes Martin Ho’s arrival has transformed the team since his appointment in the summer - and it is hard to disagree.

Spurs found themselves second-bottom of the table at the end of last season, on just 20 points from 22 games, prompting a shake-up at the club.

Robert Vilahamn departed and Ho was brought in after two years managing Norwegian side SK Brann, having previously spent time in the WSL as assistant manager at Manchester United.

Martin Ho's 'passion and obsession' has turned Tottenham around

Speaking after a successful transfer window in which Spurs brought in five players, Rogers outlined the impact the 35-year-old head coach has had in north London.

“I'm really happy with where we are at. Martin coming in as head coach has been a huge uplift for us in terms of detail, knowledge, understanding the WSL and the wider leagues across Europe and worldwide. This window, we have brought in the right characters that have the ambition and belief shared with Martin."

Ho’s influence has extended into recruitment, with Spurs reshaping their squad in the January transfer window, which closed earlier this week.

Defenders Julie Blakstad and Hannah Wijk arrived from the Swedish league alongside forward Matilda Nilden, while forward Signe Gaupset joined from Ho’s former club Brann.

Chelsea midfielder and WSL winner Maika Hamano was also brought in on loan, significantly bolstering Spurs’ options.

In a total change of fortune from last season, Spurs sit fifth in the WSL table, level on points with rivals Arsenal, and Rogers was keen not to understate Ho’s role in that progression.

Support at board level has also been key. Following Daniel Levy’s departure, Vinai Venkatesham was appointed Tottenham’s CEO after 14 years at Arsenal, where his impact on the growth of the women’s game was apparent.

Rogers described Venkatesham as a “phenomenal supporter” of the women’s team since arriving, and both believe Ho has been central to Spurs’ upward trajectory.

“I talk about signings in windows, but Martin's been probably one of the most instrumental signings we've made. One of the things I remember when I first spoke to Martin, the two words I mentioned to Vinai when I came off the call with him were passion and obsession.

“I've never met anybody like him in terms of his work ethic, his obsession for coaching, his detail.”

Rogers believes Ho is the right coach to get Tottenham towards the Champions League places, top three in the WSL, but stressed that it is a work in progress.

“We have huge ambitions,” he added. “We want to be in the Champions League. We want to be sustainable in the Champions League as well and competing on all fronts. We know that we're still a long way away from where we want to be.

“But you can just feel it around the building every single day. People have spoken about the Champions League, which is great noise compared to where we were last year. My job, Martin’s job and the rest of the team is to look at how we sustain the long-term future of the women's team.”

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Among the myriad transfers, loans, rumours and failed moves of deadline day, one of the more unusual deals got a little bit lost.

Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur were in direct competition for a talented young striker who ended up joining Spurs having initially been targeted by their north London rivals, according to reports.

So far, so normal. Sometimes they go to Spurs. Sometimes they go to Arsenal. The structure of the deal and its long-term implications are less straightforward.

'I don't think it's the right move for him. He's better than that.'

Wilson joined Spurs on loan with an option to buy and linked up immediately with the London side's under-21 squad. After seeing his Heart of Midlothian team beaten 1-0 at St Mirren on Tuesday, Wilson's former manager Derek McInnes was understandably nonplussed.

McInnes, whose team still lead the Scottish Premiership but have Celtic and Rangers breathing down their necks, said that the possibility of a loan within Scotland was mooted for Wilson, who was by no means a regular starter for the Jambos.

"His head was turned with the Tottenham thing," McInnes told BBC Sport Scotland. "First it was Arsenal, then Arsenal went quiet, and then all of a sudden Tottenham came to the table.

"I don't think it's the right move for him. Ultimately, it's academy football and I think he's better than that. But it was something James wanted to do."

Wilson's wishes are the deciding factor, of course, but also pertinent is the shade cast by McInnes on the idea of heading to the Premier League at the earliest opportunity even if it means a loan to an under-21 team.

A move too soon for Wilson and Mooney?

Both young Scottish players have backed their abilities to pass muster at two of London's biggest Premier League clubs with their eyes wide open to the long road and hard work ahead of them.

Yet McInnes raises an important question: Is academy and under-21 – even at top-level English clubs – the right place for a teenage prospect who already has some senior football under his belt?

It's certainly not the only option. McInnes' preferred outcome of a loan in Scotland with a possible recall would seem a good fit for Wilson, whose quality has been made plain but would arguably benefit from the physical lumps of regular men's football.

Hearts were all but toothless at a freezing St Mirren on Tuesday night. With the consequences of a bad red card habit finally coming back to bite them, Wilson would surely have been in contention to be involved and he might have made all the difference.

In FourFourTwo's opinion, young players like Wilson and Mooney are well within their rights to back themselves and take the appropriate advice about how best to maximise their long-term prospects.

Nevertheless, there is surely a risk of them getting lost in the shuffle while playing under-age football. Wilson in particular has essentially cracked the senior ranks, not playing as much or as soon as he'd like but doing enough to earn the trust of Scotland manager Steve Clarke in a World Cup year.

It's now up to the player to make sure not only that he stands out among the excellent academy players at a club that prides itself on player development, but also that he adds the robustness to his game that would have come from irregular first team football.

Clarke will be the first to make a value judgement on his move and one suspects an immediate return to the Scotland squad is more unlikely than it was a week ago.

Tottenham's season hasn't gone according to plan under Thomas Frank, despite the team's impressive showing in the Champions League league phase.

While the club secured automatic passage to the last 16 of Europe's premier club competition, their efforts in the Premier League have been less than satisfactory for many supporters - and it appears, some players, too.

Spurs currently sit 14th in the table and are winless in their last six league games. In that time, Frank's side have beaten Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League but the likelihood of securing continental football next season is becoming slimmer with each remaining gameweek.

Spurs set to lose skipper in summer transfer window

According to TyC Sports in Argentina, club captain Cristian 'Cuti' Romero will leave the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this summer.

Journalist Gaston Edul reports there is interest from LaLiga, as well as another league, and that clubs came close to making Spurs a transfer proposal during the January window.

Romero, 27, is contracted to the club until the summer of 2029, meaning it will take a significant fee to buy him out of his Spurs deal, which should serve as some consolation to Tottenham supporters. The Argentine only signed an extension at the beginning of the 2025/26 season, however, there are rumours that the central defender is not happy with the club's direction.

Additionally, Romero has been vocal on social media, describing the squad's current issues as 'disgraceful'. Spurs added Conor Gallagher and Brazilian full-back Souza during the January transfer window, but the opinion of many Tottenham supporters is the team needed further supplementation.

"I wanted to be available to help [my teammates] even though I wasn’t feeling well, especially since we only had 11 players available - unbelievable but true and disgraceful," Romero posted on Instagram shortly before Monday's transfer deadline, reacting to the team's 2-2 draw with Manchester City at the weekend.

It is the second attack, seemingly directed at the Spurs hierarchy, Romero has levelled in recent weeks.

After the team's 3-2 defeat by AFC Bournemouth earlier this season, the 27-year-old wrote to his 5.1 million Instagram followers: "At times like this, it should be other people coming out to speak, but they don't… they only show up when things are going well, to tell a few lies."

In FourFourTwo's opinion, Romero clearly appears disaffected and that is an undesirable position to be in for the Spurs board given the World Cup winner is club captain.

Romero's recent social media declarations could easily be interpreted as come-and-get-me pleas to interested clubs, of which there are reportedly plenty, considering his high level of individual performances.

Furthermore, if the content of his social media posts is what Romero is happy to express to millions of Tottenham supporters and other teams, imagine what is being discussed behind closed doors with his representatives ahead of the summer window.