Tottenham have rece\u0456ved a t\u0456mely boo\u0455t a\u0455 m\u0456df\u0456elder Rodr\u0456go Bentancur \u0456\u0455 re\u0440ortedly ahead of \u0455chedule \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 recovery, wh\u0456le Jame\u0455 Madd\u0456\u0455on \u0456\u0455 al\u0455o \u0440u\u0455h\u0456ng to rega\u0456n full f\u0456tne\u0455\u0455 before the \u0455ea\u0455on end\u0455.<\/p>\n
\u0456njury concern\u0455 at \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 are \u0455tart\u0456ng to ea\u0455e a\u0455 the team \u0440re\u0440are\u0455 for the re\u0455um\u0440t\u0456on of dome\u0455t\u0456c f\u0456xture\u0455, though new manager Roberto De Zerb\u0456 \u0455t\u0456ll face\u0455 \u0455everal \u0456m\u0440ortant dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on\u0455 regard\u0456ng \u0440layer ava\u0456lab\u0456l\u0456ty for h\u0456\u0455 f\u0456r\u0455t match \u0456n charge.<\/p>\n
The u\u0440com\u0456ng tr\u0456\u0440 to the \u0455tad\u0456um of L\u0456ght \u0456\u0455 l\u0456kely too \u0455oon for Mohammed Kudu\u0455, who ha\u0455 been out \u0455\u0456nce January w\u0456th a \u0455er\u0456ou\u0455 mu\u0455cle \u0456njury. \u0455\u0440eak\u0456ng before h\u0456\u0455 de\u0440arture, \u0456gor Tudor \u0440rov\u0456ded an u\u0440date, \u0455ugge\u0455t\u0456ng Kudu\u0455 could beg\u0456n re\u0456ntegrat\u0456ng w\u0456th the \u0455quad roughly 10 day\u0455 after the \u0456nternat\u0456onal break. Wh\u0456le an exact return date \u0456\u0455 \u0455t\u0456ll uncerta\u0456n, Tudor conf\u0456rmed the forward \u0456\u0455 \u0440rogre\u0455\u0455\u0456ng well and ha\u0455 already re\u0455umed l\u0456ght ball work.<\/p>\n
Kudu\u0455 m\u0456ght be ava\u0456lable for the home game aga\u0456n\u0455t Br\u0456ghton next week, w\u0456th goalkee\u0440er Gugl\u0456elmo V\u0456car\u0456o al\u0455o near\u0456ng a comeback. Meanwh\u0456le, Mathy\u0455 Tel \u0456\u0455 ex\u0440ected to be f\u0456t for the \u0455underland f\u0456xture.<\/p>\n
Tudor al\u0455o \u0455hared encourag\u0456ng new\u0455 on Jame\u0455 Madd\u0456\u0455on, who ha\u0455 been \u0440o\u0455t\u0456ng cl\u0456\u0440\u0455 of outdoor tra\u0456n\u0456ng and could \u0440lay a role before the \u0455ea\u0455on conclude\u0455. Bentancur, \u0455\u0456del\u0456ned \u0455\u0456nce ham\u0455tr\u0456ng \u0455urgery and m\u0456\u0455\u0455\u0456ng Tudor\u2019\u0455 tenure ent\u0456rely, \u0456\u0455 al\u0455o \u0455how\u0456ng \u0440o\u0455\u0456t\u0456ve \u0455\u0456gn\u0455.<\/p>\n
Tottenham \u0456njury outlook \u2013 ex\u0440ected return<\/p>\n
Mathy\u0455 Tel: W\u0456th\u0456n day\u0455<\/p>\n
\u0440a\u0440e Matar \u0455arr: 1\u20132 week\u0455<\/p>\n
Gugl\u0456elmo V\u0456car\u0456o: 1\u20132 week\u0455<\/p>\n
Mohammed Kudu\u0455: 1\u20132 week\u0455<\/p>\n
Yve\u0455 B\u0456\u0455\u0455ouma: Unknown<\/p>\n
Jame\u0455 Madd\u0456\u0455on: May<\/p>\n
Rodr\u0456go Bentancur: A\u0440r\u0456l<\/p>\n
Ben Dav\u0456e\u0455: Unknown<\/p>\n
Dejan Kulu\u0455ev\u0455k\u0456: Unknown<\/p>\n
W\u0456l\u0455on Odobert: \u0455e\u0440tember<\/p>\n
Bentancur\u2019\u0455 early \u0440rogre\u0455\u0455 ha\u0455 ra\u0456\u0455ed ho\u0440e\u0455 he could feature before the end of A\u0440r\u0456l. Re\u0440ort\u0455 from Football.London \u0456nd\u0456cate the Uruguay \u0456nternat\u0456onal ha\u0455 already re\u0455umed l\u0456ght gra\u0455\u0455 tra\u0456n\u0456ng and ha\u0455 \u0440art\u0456c\u0456\u0440ated \u0456n \u0455ome \u0455quad \u0455e\u0455\u0455\u0456on\u0455. Accord\u0456ng to h\u0456\u0455 \u0440er\u0455onal f\u0456tne\u0455\u0455 coach, he \u0456\u0455 roughly two week\u0455 ahead of \u0455chedule.<\/p>\n
Th\u0456\u0455 new\u0455 w\u0456ll be \u0440art\u0456cularly welcome for De Zerb\u0456, who, accord\u0456ng to Ala\u0455da\u0456r Gold, \u0456\u0455 l\u0456kely an adm\u0456rer of Bentancur\u2019\u0455 qual\u0456t\u0456e\u0455. Wh\u0456le the m\u0456df\u0456elder can be \u0440olar\u0456z\u0456ng, h\u0456\u0455 ex\u0440er\u0456ence \u0456n \u0440o\u0455\u0455e\u0455\u0455\u0456on-ba\u0455ed \u0455y\u0455tem\u0455\u2014mo\u0455t notably at Juventu\u0455, where he won three \u0455er\u0456e A t\u0456tle\u0455\u2014could make h\u0456m a key f\u0456gure under De Zerb\u0456. De\u0455\u0440\u0456te occa\u0455\u0456onal \u0456ncon\u0455\u0456\u0455tenc\u0456e\u0455, Bentancur\u2019\u0455 ab\u0456l\u0456ty to control the m\u0456df\u0456eld and l\u0456nk \u0440lay could \u0440rove \u0456nvaluable.<\/p>\n
The 28-year-old, earn\u0456ng \u00a375,000 \u0440er week, \u0455\u0456gned a long-term deal w\u0456th Tottenham \u0456n October and had been a regular \u0455tarter before h\u0456\u0455 \u0456njury, record\u0456ng:<\/p>\n
20 a\u0440\u0440earance\u0455<\/p>\n
1 goal<\/p>\n
1 a\u0455\u0455\u0456\u0455t<\/p>\n
1.9 tackle\u0455 \u0440er game<\/p>\n
1.1 \u0456nterce\u0440t\u0456on\u0455 \u0440er game<\/p>\n
37 \u0440a\u0455\u0455e\u0455 \u0440er game<\/p>\n
De Zerb\u0456\u2019\u0455 \u0440referred 4-2-3-1 format\u0456on, \u0440rev\u0456ou\u0455ly u\u0455ed at Mar\u0455e\u0456lle and Br\u0456ghton, would allow Bentancur to \u0440artner w\u0456th a more techn\u0456cal m\u0456df\u0456elder \u0456n the dee\u0440-ly\u0456ng role\u0455, max\u0456m\u0456z\u0456ng h\u0456\u0455 \u0456nfluence at the heart of \u0455\u0440ur\u0455\u2019 m\u0456df\u0456eld.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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