Aston Villa have so many injuries for Tottenham clash, Unai Emery struggle to name them all

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Tottenham Hotspur will not be facing a full-strength Aston Villa side as they look for their first win of the season on Saturday.

Spurs missed six players for their Carabao Cup clash at Anfield, with their long-term absentees, Xavi Simons, Dejan Kulusevski, Wilson Odobert and Mykhailo Mudryk, joined on the sidelines by Pedro Porro and Sandro Tonali.

However, in a boost to the Lilywhites, Porro and Tonali have both been declared fit to feature against Villa.

Tottenham’s opponents on Saturday could have double the number of injury absentees that the Lilywhites do.

Aston Villa could miss seven players for Tottenham clash

The Premier Injuries website has confirmed that Unai Emery’s squad is struggling with injuries ahead of their trip to North London.

Amadou Onana and Ian Maatsen are out with long-term injuries, while Leon Goretzka and Brian Madjo are not expected to be available until after the international break.

Pau Torres also remains out of action, as well as Marco Bizot. Joao Gomes da Silva and Matty Cash were originally doubts for Saturday’s trip to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, but Emery has since declared them available.

Emery said in his press conference (BirminghamMail): “We have so many players injured, so it is difficult to mention everyone. Marco Bizot is out, Onana is out, Cisse is out. Pau and Maatsen are out. Goretzka is out. Madjo is out.”

A defeat to Villa will start piling massive pressure on De Zerbi

Despite the talk of crisis at Tottenham in the media, De Zerbi believes that he retains the full support of the Spurs board after saving the club from relegation.

According to reports, the Spurs hierarchy is confident the Italian will turn things around and will not consider any knee-jerk reactions.

However, if Tottenham were to lose again at home to a side below them in the table, and fail to score again, the 46-year-old can no longer hide behind the wholesale changes to the squad and the players’ fitness levels.

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