Tottenham is just fourteen days away from a large reset that Ange Postecoglou believes that their ailing season can be launched again.
Postecoglou expects back to six of his injured players before Manchester United Noord -Londs visits, two weeks on Sunday, but knows that Spurs could be from two cup matches and then sink deeper into the relegation -Sirfree.
Guglielmo Vicario, Destiny Udogie, James Maddison, Brennan Johnson, Timo Werner and Wilson Odobert all close behind Micky van de Ven who returned 45 minutes in the Europa League against Elfborg on Thursday after three months of hamstring problems.
“We clearly have a big week, but after Villa in the cup we have a clean week for Man United and that is the week that they are all a bit planned to start training,” Postecoglou said.
'If we get a full week of training, because we hardly train at the moment, with those guys who are available to the man United game, I think it's a bit of a point for us to restart our campaign, especially in The competition, but then we have real big competitions in the cups that also make ends meet. '
Tottenham, 15th in the Premier League with only five points of the last 33 available, go to Brentford on Sunday before they take a 1-0 lead to Liverpool for the second stage of the Semi final of the Carabao Cup on Thursday and a FA Cup fourth round draw at Aston Villa.
The planned return of Cristian Romero of a thigh muscle injury is delayed and Radu Dragusin has hurt Elfsborg, which could force Spurs in the transfer market for defensive coverage before the window closes on Monday.
“It is perhaps an area that we have to look at and certainly this weekend we are exploring some options,” says Postecoglou. “It's hard to say, it's a knee, so we have to let it settle. There is always concern if there is a knee injury, but we don't know the extent. '
Dominic Solanke will miss the majority of February with a knee injury, but the positive fitness bulletin on others together with a top eight finish in the Europa League to prevent a two -legged playoff promises what light at the end of the tunnel after a serious injury promises Crisis.
“I hope so, but every time I have seen the light at the end of the tunnel, it is usually an oncoming train,” Postecoglou joked.
'We seem to lose players when we get them back. I try to manage the minutes of the boys we have available, because we don't want to lose anyone else, but again, you know the best, you know, we clearly tried to protect Radu because he had played a lot of football, and he comes up And you know he is injured.
'So again, you can't plan these things. We certainly have a big week coming and we will have to do with this kind of core group of players, so we just have to be careful with how we approach it. '
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