Team news | Spurs vs AS Roma | Ange’s latest on Cuti, Micky and Mikey | OneFootball

Ange Postecoglou has told us that Cristian Romero remains sidelined for our UEFA Europa League MD5 clash against AS Roma at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Thursday evening (8pm UK).

The Argentina international defender and vice-skipper has missed two of our last three matches after picking up an ankle issue against Aston Villa on 3 November, including our memorable 4-0 victory against Manchester City on Saturday.

Mikey, meanwhile, has been laid low by a virus, while Micky is working his way back from a hamstring injury suffered in our Carabao Cup win against City on 30 October.

Speaking after training on Wednesday, Ange gave us this update: “Cuti is getting better. He’s a lot closer. We’re hoping he’ll be out there training with the group with a bit of luck by the back end of this week, if not, definitely next week.

"Mikey’s the other one, and we’re still taking it slowly with him, it’s still probably a couple of weeks before he’ll be ready to get properly back into it. Micky’s on course, working hard, training. It’s day by day with him, we have to make sure he ticks off all the boxes before he gets integrated into the squad.”

The trio join Guglielmo Vicario, Wilson Odobert and Richarlison on the sidelines while Will Lankshear is suspended for the visit of AS Roma following his dismissal in our 3-2 defeat to Galatasaray earlier this month.