Ange Postecoglou has provided a positive update on injuries to two key Spurs players ahead of Sunday’s north London derby.
The Lilywhites are preparing to host Arsenal in the first North London Derby of the Premier League season, and looking to get the better of their bitter city rivals, Postecoglou’s side have been handed a huge double boost injury
Ange Postecoglou on Spurs injuries ahead of North London Derby
The no-nonsense Australian has revealed that defender Micky Van de Ven and £65million forward Dominic Solanke are both set for injury returns.
“It’s quite positive,” he said to Official Spurs website.
“Micky (Van de Ven) is good, he’s been training throughout the international break and it was good for him to stay with us to get him back up and ready to go.
“Dom (Solanke) has also improved and trained the back half this week. We’ve still got two days left with these guys so hopefully they’ll finish training well and be available.”
Arsenal and Mikel Arteta have been unlucky with injuries in recent weeks.
Captain and key midfielder Martin Odegaard has been ruled out several weeks after injuring his ankle while on international duty with Norway earlier in the week.
Elsewhere, Declan Rice will also be missing from the Gunners after the former West Ham talisman was showed a red card for his involvement in an incident with Brighton’s Joel Veltman last time out.
Sunday’s league game, which takes place at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, kicks off at 2pm (UK time) and will be shown live on Sky Sports.
