Dominic Solanke has been ruled out with a knee injury as Tottenham have lost another star player.
The injury crisis continues to worsen for Ange Postecoglou and Spurs.
Solanke was not in the Spurs squad for their 3-2 defeat at Everton after injuring his knee during training before the match.
Latest injury update on Dominic Solanke
Speaking after that damaging defeat at Goodison, Postecoglou made the following update on Solanke’s injury.
“It was just one of those things. He went and pulled on his own and twisted it. We don’t think it’s serious but it will take a few weeks,” Postecoglou said.
When asked how big a blow it was for the already injured Spurs to lose their main striker, Postecoglou did not downplay it.
“It’s always a big blow when you lose key players for any club. Obviously the situation we find ourselves in is further illustrated by the fact that we don’t really have the depth to cover at the moment. But it’s okay. We have 11 outfield players and that’s what you need to start a match,” Postecoglou told our UK partners at Sky Sports. .
What now for the Spurs?
Postecoglou had previously spoken about the need for cover for Solanke, as Spurs really don’t have any other forward options with Richarlison out injured for most of this season. Richarlison returned and scored a late consolation at Everton. Richarlison is now the go-to guy.
Son can play there, but he has also been knocked down, like most of the 12 or so in-form first-team players Spurs have had to choose from in recent weeks.
Spurs have a series of crucial matches in the Europa League, FA Cup, Premier League and League Cup semi-final second leg at Liverpool and Solanke will be hoping to return for the latter, which takes place on February 6.
Tottenham are in a terrible situation and injuries have played a huge part in that. And now it seems like the guys who were overused to try to help them get through this rough patch are starting to feel the impact of being pushed to their limits, just before other key players return from injury. This is not a good cycle for the Spurs.