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Spurs dealt double injury blow ahead of Anfield trip

Tottenham will be without Sandro Tonali and Pedro Porro for Tuesday’s trip to Liverpool in the Carabao Cup, while wantaway striker Richarlison remains frozen out after failing to secure a move away from the club.

Spurs travel to Anfield looking to secure their place in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup, but face yet more injury woes as they search for a morale-boosting victory.

Following successive 0-0 draws against Nottingham Forest and Everton, Spurs are desperate for a result at a ground where they have not tasted victory in 15 years.

If their task was not already hard enough, the absence of Tonali and Porro has only served to further deplete a squad struggling for fitness after a disrupted pre-season.

Roberto De Zerbi confirmed that Tonali had picked up a minor knock following the draw with Everton, while Porro is continuing to struggle with a muscular issue that saw him miss out at the weekend.

The Spurs boss did, however, reveal that Destiny Udogie was back after being left out of the squad against Everton as a precaution.

Sandro Tonali will play no part for Tottenham at Anfield

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Richarlison, though, will continue to be left out in the cold despite being eligible for selection in the Carabao Cup.

The Brazilian striker expressed his desire to leave Spurs this summer and was subsequently left out of the club’s Premier League squad.

Richarlison and Spurs tried to facilitate an exit during the closing days of the transfer window, but a move failed to materialise, leaving the former Everton hitman in limbo.

Despite being available for selection, De Zerbi confirmed Richarlison would not make the trip to Merseyside, while adding that long-term absentee Dejan Kulusevski was still not ready to return.

“No, Kulusevski not available. Pedro is still not available. Udogie yes. Richarlison, you already know everything, nothing changed for the Carabao Cup or Premier League. The situation is the same,” De Zerbi said in his pre-match press conference on Monday.

Spurs are expected to rotate against Liverpool, and De Zerbi admitted there could potentially be minutes for young academy winger Luca Williams-Barnett.

“I don't know, Luca. We have to see because many players need to play. Maybe not 90 minutes, 90 minutes, but 30 minutes a real game is important. Yes, there is not Sandro Tonali. I forgot to say because he felt a knock.”

De Zerbi has plenty of selection headaches as he grapples with whether to name a near full-strength team, while also managing the minutes of several key first-team players.

Among some of the other fitness concerns the Italian is currently balancing, he admitted Mateus Fernandes, Conor Gallagher and Mohammed Kudus were all short of full match fitness.

Tottenham predicted XI: Dubravka,; Gray, Tosin, Senesi, Udogie; Bentancur, Bergvall, Gallagher; Kudus, Solanke, Marmoush