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Ange Postecoglou insisted Eric Dier’s absence from Tottenham’s 1-0 win over Burnley was right down to harm and never linked to speculation over a possible transfer to Bayern Munich.
Dier was not concerned as Pedro Porro’s excellent 78th-minute strike despatched Spurs into the FA Cup fourth-round after a hard-fought victory over the Clarets.
England worldwide Dier was conspicuous by his absence however Postecoglou took umbrage at any options it was linked to rumours over his future.
Dier has entered the ultimate six months of his deal at Tottenham and Bayern Munich are concerned with signing the versatile defender, the PA information company understands.
While Spurs are keen to hearken to presents for Dier, Postecoglou snapped again when repeatedly quizzed on the health of the 29-year-old.
“Yeah he’s injured,” Postecoglou stated of Dier.
“He just pulled up sore and didn’t train yesterday.”
Asked if it was linked to stories concerning Bayern, Postecoglou snapped again: “Separate issue mate but don’t question my integrity.
“When I say he’s injured, he’s injured. He didn’t train yesterday.
“It’s got nothing to do with anything else.
“I’ve got no idea (about Bayern). When you ask me whether he’s injured, he’s injured. I didn’t make that up.
“If he wasn’t injured, I’d say he wasn’t selected. It’s easy for me to say. He’s injured and in terms of anything else that’s happening, not on my radar.
“Not that I’ve heard of. If there is something I’m sure I’ll hear of it, but fair to say in the last 24 hours we’ve been focusing on the game and the guys that are available.”
Spurs, who had been with out captain Son Heung-min because of his South Korea commitments, created loads of possibilities towards Burnley, however lacked fluency in assault with Brennan Johnson testing Arijanet Muric on a number of events.
The guests additionally had their moments with Zeki Amdouni firing over within the first half, however a replay regarded on the playing cards till Porro let fly from 25-yards and located the highest nook with a sensational strike.
Amdouni volleyed huge late on as Tottenham held on to succeed in spherical 4, however suffered an extra harm blow with Ben Davies limping off.
Postecoglou was requested if he may afford to lose Dier if Davies’ harm was critical and he replied: “Yes.”
On Davies, he added: “Ben looks like he done his hamstring. So, it looks like he will be out and Gio (Lo Celso) has a bit of tightness but hoping it is nothing.”
Meanwhile, reverse quantity Vincent Kompany was happy with the progress made by Burnley since their 5-2 humbling to Spurs in September.
“It was a battle for 97 minutes and right until the end,” Kompany insisted.
“For us, that is a clear sign of improvement. The game we played against Spurs at Turf Moor is probably the story of our first 10 games and the game today is probably the story of our last 12 games if I count cup games.
“Every game has been undeniably a performance with effort, moments and chances, but in key moments you can get undone.”
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