Tottenham wing-back Sergio Reguilon might miss the remainder of the season with a groin damage.
The Spaniard has sat out the final two video games with the issue and Antonio Conte is not sure whether or not he’ll return for the remaining 4 video games of the marketing campaign, beginning with Saturday’s journey to Liverpool.
With Matt Doherty out for the remainder of the marketing campaign with a knee damage it leaves Spurs down to simply two wing-backs within the form of Emerson Royal and Ryan Sessegnon.
“Reguilon’s not obtainable,” Conte mentioned.
“He hasn’t skilled with us and truthfully I don’t know as there are solely two weeks till the top of the season whether or not will probably be potential for him to come back again this season.”
Conte mentioned mortgage star Dejan Kulusevski is “100%” a Tottenham participant.
The Swede, who has been a sensation since becoming a member of from Juventus within the January switch window, is on an 18-month mortgage, however Spurs have the choice to purchase, which might flip into an obligation ought to sure on-field standards be met.
Conte has no issues about Kulusevski’s future, saying: “He’s on mortgage but it surely’s like a deal ended. He’s a Tottenham participant, 100 per cent in each side.
“Not formally however he’s 100% a Tottenham participant.”
Spurs’ pursuit of Champions League soccer faces an enormous check as they go to Anfield on Saturday, with Liverpool’s quest for the quadruple in full movement.
The Reds have solely dropped two factors within the Premier League since January 2 – a draw in opposition to title rivals Manchester Metropolis – and Conte has hailed them as “unbelievable.”
“While you arrive at this level of the season and you’re in a race for each goal, it provides you a giant, huge push to do one thing unbelievable,” he mentioned.
“I believe Jurgen Klopp is doing a implausible job along with his staff. It isn’t straightforward, particularly for an English staff to reach on the finish of the season to remain within the race for all of the competitions that you just compete.
“It’s unbelievable, you’ll be able to see Liverpool’s gamers run lots, they haven’t had many accidents. Their enthusiasm shouldn’t be 100% it’s 200 %.
“You don’t really feel the fatigue while you attain this level. We need to go there to play our sport and we all know we’re in a race for the Champions League and we have to discover a technique to get a degree in each sport.
“They know they’re sturdy, they’re the most effective groups on the planet. It will likely be a very good sport for us. We ready the sport very effectively and I believe we have to be excellent with out the ball, to be good defensively, but when we need to win we’ve to be excellent with the ball.
“I mentioned this to my gamers, we have to play a very good sport and be courageous when we’ve the ball, don’t be scared for all of the stress and to seek out the answer.
“We’ve got improved lots. We’re on this race for a spot within the Champions League and because of this we have to get factors in each sport. Each sport is a giant likelihood for us to enhance the desk. On this sport we’ve to try to beat Liverpool.”
