Manchester United news as James Maddison is the shock face in the Tottenham travelling party to Bilbao
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17:10, 19 May 2025
James Maddison
Tottenham star James Maddison(Image: (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images))
Tottenham have been handed a significant boost ahead of Wednesday night's Europa League final showdown with Manchester United in Bilbao.
United take on their Premier League rivals this week looking to book their spot in next season's Champions League. Despite sitting in the bottom five of the league table, one team will save their season with victory.
Ruben Amorim's men came away from Friday night's defeat to Chelsea with no fresh injury concerns but there are doubts about Leny Yoro. However, Spurs have suffered a catalogue of injuries in recent weeks to leave Ange Postecoglou short in midfield.
Dejan Kulusevski is the latest to be confirmed as an absentee in Spain after suffering a knee injury over a week ago. Pape Matar Sarr came off against Aston Villa last time out while Lucas Bergvall and James Maddison have already been confirmed to miss the game.
However, Maddison was spotted boarding the bus ahead of catching their flight to Bilbao on Monday. The midfielder was confirmed to miss the rest of the season but he was with his teammates ahead of their trip to Spain.
After Tottenham posted a video clip of Maddison boarding the bus on Monday, the former Leicester City star took to Instagram to confirm he was part of the travelling squad.
The England international posted an image of Dominic Solanke, Brennan Johnson and Djed Spence on his private Instagram story. He put: "Bilbao *plane emoji*."
It still remains unlikely that Maddison will feature after Postecoglou insisted he would not be available for the remainder of the season. Unfortunately for Tottenham, key player Lucas Bergvall was nowhere to be seen after being ruled out for the rest of the campaign.
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