Ange Postecoglou has confirmed that Guglielmo Vicario, Destiny Udogie and James Maddison are all in contention to return to action for Tottenham against Manchester United on Sunday. Spurs have been dealt a cruel hand on the injury front this campaign but things do look to be easing up at such a crucial time in the calendar.
Postecoglou has also revealed that Brennan Johnson and Timo Werner have returned to team training, with a decision needing to be made over whether the former returns to the matchday squad this weekend or next. Wilson Odobert has also returned to team training but caution will be taken with his integration following a lengthy spell on the sidelines.
Tottenham have confirmed that Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Radu Dragusin, Dominic Solanke and Richarlison remain sidelined for this weekend's game in N17.
Speaking to Tottenham's official website regarding Vicario's return, Postecoglou said: “Some of the lads who have been out for quite a while look like they’re in a good place now. Vic is probably the one who has come back ahead of schedule.
"He’s been training really well away from the team for two weeks. In the last 10 days he’s integrated back into the team and is fully into training, so he’s in a good place and that means he becomes available for us.”
He added: "Madders is a little bit ahead of schedule (in his recovery). He’s feeling really good. He’s had a good week of training. We were thinking maybe (it'll be) next week for him, but he’s trained really well all week, and he’s had the least amount of time out, so he’s looking in a good place.
"Of the longer-term (injuries), Destiny is back in team training as well, which is good. He’s ticked all the boxes in terms of getting through his rehab and conditioning, so he’s part of the squad."
On Odobert, Johnson and Werner's return to training, the Australian said: “Wilson’s back, which is brilliant for him because he’s been out the longest and it’s been a long road for him to get back, but he’s back in team training.
"Obviously, he’s missed more football than the others, so we’ll see when we integrate him back into matchdays, but definitely looking good in training.
“Brennan is progressing well. Again, he joined in team training, he will train again today which means, whether it’s this weekend or next weekend, he’ll be good to go. Timo is also training with us and is getting pretty close to being available.”
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