Spurs hope to welcome back injured forward vs Arsenal | OneFootball

Tottenham Hotspur could be set to welcome back Richarlison for next week’s north London derby match, though they’ll be without a number of other potential starters.

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Tottenham Hotspur haven’t had much luck with injuries lately, but their fans did receive one boost in Ange Postecoglou’s most recent press conference with the news that Richarlison should be back soon.

Richarlison has been out with a hamstring problem since early November, and he’s only made a total of seven appearances this season due to his injury issues.

Postecoglou gave an update on the winger on Tuesday, suggesting a return against Arsenal is a possibility.

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“Wilson [Odobert’s] still a fair way off, Richy’s coming back but we’ve got to be really careful with him, we’ve got to try to keep him back,” Postecoglou said.

“All being well, in seven days, Richy’s back and he’ll definitely help Dom [Solanke] for sure. We’re hoping by Arsenal next week, he should be available.”

Spurs have also had illnesses for Fraser Forster, Radu Dragusin, and Mikey Moore, as well as suspensions for James Maddison, Pape Sarr, and Rodrigo Bentancur. But there’s no reason to believe any of them will be absent against Arsenal.

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Wilson Odobert is evidently set to miss the game, as will Guglielmo Vicario with an ankle injury and Destiny Udogie with a thigh injury. The latter pair aren’t expected to return before February.

Then Ben Davies, Cristian Romero, and Micky van de Ven are also expected to miss the Arsenal game, with Postecoglou saying last Friday that all three are “slated to return at the back end of January”.

The Arsenal clash is very much in the middle of January, the 15th, so Postecoglou was seemingly ruling the trio out of that game.