Tottenham Hotspur’s harm woes proceed to pile up, with Lucas Bergvall the sixth participant to be dominated out of subsequent month’s north London derby towards Arsenal.
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Simply days after and grew to become the fourth and fifth Tottenham Hotspur gamers to be of February’s north London derby towards Arsenal, Lucas Bergvall has joined the lengthy record of absentees.
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David Ornstein broke the information for The Athletic earlier this week that Bergvall had suffered a excessive ankle sprain, with Spurs conducting assessments to find out the participant’s restoration timescale.
However again in Bergvall’s native Sweden declare their sources have already dominated him out for two-to-three months. Given Arsenal journey to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium lower than one month from now, a return earlier than then seems virtually not possible.
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, , and had been the primary three gamers to be dominated out of the derby, with Maddison out for the season with an ACL harm, Kudus out till March with a tendon harm, and Bentancur out for 3 months after hamstring surgical procedure.
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Richarlison then additionally suffered a hamstring setback, with confirming he’ll be out for “as much as seven weeks”. The striker would should be again in 5 to have any likelihood of going through Arsenal.
After that, information broke that Davies would require surgical procedure on an ankle fracture, successfully confirming he’ll spend a number of months out as effectively.
Add Bergvall as effectively, and although there’s nonetheless over 4 weeks till the Arsenal match, six Spurs gamers are already set to overlook out.
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It’s value mentioning that Spurs additionally face Manchester Metropolis in February, taking part in Arsenal’s title rivals at first of the month.
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So if the Gunners are getting a bit fortunate with the six gamers already dominated out of the north London derby, it’s possible Metropolis may have a fair simpler trip on February 1st.
That’s as a result of can be presently injured, however the expectation is that he’ll be again towards Arsenal.
Because it stands, Spurs’ solely different injured participant, , needs to be accessible to face each title contenders.