Tottenham introduced in two new signings late within the switch window however have been rocked by one other new critical harm forward of their journey to Liverpool.
Liverpool host Tottenham within the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final on Thursday night time understanding they need to overturn a 1-0 deficit from the opener.
Arne Slot‘s aspect go into that conflict with just one identified harm, and early indications are that Trent Alexander-Arnold‘s layoff will not be more likely to be an extended one.
Conversely, Tottenham may very well be with out as many as 9 gamers as they bid for Wembley, together with new long-term absentee Radu Dragusin.
Dragusin was confirmed on Tuesday morning to have suffered an ACL harm which is predicted to rule the centre-back out for the rest of the marketing campaign.
He joins fellow centre-back Cristian Romero (thigh) on the sidelines, with Micky van de Ven and Ben Davies each match however solely having just lately returned from layoffs of their very own.
Ange Postecoglou can also be set to be with out Dominic Solanke (knee), James Maddison (muscle), Timo Werner (thigh), Brennan Johnson (muscle), Wilson Odobert (thigh), Future Udogie (thigh) and Guglielmo Vicario (ankle).
Whereas these accidents have left Tottenham gentle in each defence and assault in current weeks, they did transfer to deal with that on the finish of the switch window.
Mortgage-to-buy offers had been struck for Lens centre-back Kevin Danso and Bayern Munich ahead Mathys Tel, and each are anticipated to obtain clearance to characteristic within the semi-final.
Tottenham had been, nonetheless, pissed off of their efforts to signal one other centre-back, with a £70 million bid for Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi rejected on deadline day.
They had been additionally rejected by Fikayo Tomori and Axel Disasi regardless of agreeing phrases with each AC Milan and Chelsea – the latter as an alternative selecting to affix Aston Villa on mortgage.
It means Danso may make his return to English soccer towards Liverpool, having beforehand made 10 appearances on mortgage at Southampton in 2019/20.
Van de Ven is a possible starter alongside both Davies or Archie Grey at centre-back, although Postecoglou may instantly flip to Danso given his relative health.
In the meantime, Tel ought to be part of Son Heung-min and Richarlison in assault with few different choices past 17-year-old Mikey Moore and Dejan Kulusevski, who’s as an alternative required in midfield.
Liverpool organized a scan for Alexander-Arnold’s upper-leg harm on Monday, with the outcomes more likely to be communicated to the media on Tuesday forward of a full replace from Arne Slot at 9am on Wednesday.
The precise-back will virtually definitely miss out towards Tottenham with Conor Bradley poised to begin.
Spurs introduced the signing of academy centre-back Luca Furnell-Gill from Liverpool after the switch deadline, however the 18-year-old won’t come into rivalry for the cup decider.
