Tottenham Hotspur are probably to be with out a number of key gamers once they return to home motion with a visit to Brentford on Boxing Day.
Several of Spurs’ gamers returned from the World Cup nursing issues and that can see each Rodrigo Bentancur and Richarlison as particular harm absentees, and the latter could also be out for fairly a while with a hamstring challenge.
Ben Davies is again, as supervisor Antonio Conte revealed earlier this week. However, it appears unlikely that Argentina centre-back Cristian Romero will probably be out there after this nation’s triumph in Qatar.
That’s in accordance to journalist Pete O’Rourke, who instructed Football FanCast:
“I can’t see it, to be sincere.
“Obviously, these celebrations are going to be fairly wild and exhausting, I feel in Argentina proper now for the following few days.
“So trying to get the player’s mind back in domestic action is going to be pretty hard.”
Romero’s probably absence on Monday afternoon will come as a giant blow to Conte because the 24-year-old titan is an integral a part of the again three, typically being the right-hand aggressor and masking for Emerson Royal when he bombs ahead.
Once described as an “animal” by former teammate Pierluigi Gollini, Romero is presently Tottenham’s best-performing defender – as per WhoScored scores – having averaged 2.5 tackles and a squad-high 1.4 interceptions per recreation.
It would imply that both FC Barcelona loanee Clement Lenglet or the inconsistent Davinson Sanchez is probably going to take his place, which immediately makes Spurs’ backline quite a bit weaker.
Both Conte and the Lilywhites trustworthy will probably be hoping that their World Cup winner returns in time for the New Year’s Day clash with Aston Villa when Bentancur can also be set to make his return.
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