Rodrigo Bentancur and Dejan Kulusevski chase Kobbie Mainoo.
Tottenham star Rodrigo Bentancur will remain unavailable for the Carabao Cup clash with Manchester United.
Tottenham have been dealt a major update on one key players' availability for the Carabao Cup quarter-final tie against Manchester United. The two sides will meet at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, on Thursday evening, with a place in the last-four up grabs.
This past weekend, both teams won away from home with Spurs thumping Southampton 5-0 after United beat Manchester City in dramatic fashion courtesy of two goals in the final stages, from captain Bruno Fernandes and player-of-the-match Amad at the Etihad Stadium.
Ruben Amorim made a number of bold decisions for that Manchester derby, with Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho dropped from the matchday squad and Mason Mount included in their starting XI. Unfortunately for the latter, he lasted just 14 minutes before being replaced by Kobbie Mainoo due to injury.
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On the topic of Mount's new issue, injury problems may prove key in deciding the winner with Spurs' potential list of absentees far bigger. For United, Luke Shaw is expected to be the only player joining Mount in being unavailable while Ange Postecoglou could be without up to nine players.
Guglielmo Vicario, Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero have already been ruled out of the match with Destiny Udogie and Djed Spence both doubts. Postecoglou was hoping for a major return to arrive just in time for the tie, but there is now no chance of that happening.
Rodrigo Bentancur has missed the last five Premier League games due to suspension handed out by the FA after his comments towards teammate, and captain, Son Heung-min. Spurs appealed the ban, but a new FA statement has announced no change will be made to the initial suspension seven-game suspension.
"An independent appeal board has dismissed an appeal by Rodrigo Bentancur in relation to his recent suspension.
"An independent Regulatory Commission imposed a seven-match suspension on the Tottenham midfielder for an aggravated breach of FA Rule E3 in relation to a media interview," the statement read. "That appeal was dismissed following a hearing and the seven-match suspension remains as ordered by the regulatory commission.
"The appeal board's written reasons for its decision will be published in due course."
As a result of that outcome, midfielder Bentancur must still serve the final two games of his ban which means he will be absent from the United game and this weekend's Premier League clash against Liverpool.