Tottenham injury update: De Zerbi reveals good news on 5 players, but 3 are missing

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Tottenham boss Roberto De Zerbi has now delivered an injury update on his Spurs squad ahead of the Lilywhites’ Premier League opener against Brentford.

The Premier League returns this weekend after a three-month break, and Tottenham Hotspur are set to begin their league campaign with a clash against Brentford on Saturday evening.

The 26-27 season marks Roberto De Zerbi‘s first full campaign as Tottenham boss, and the former Brighton manager will be hoping his side make a marked improvement from their last two league seasons.

A clash against Brentford, however, will be no walk in the park, as the Bees have a strong matchday one record, having only lost once in their last five opening matches of a season.

Roberto De Zerbi provides Tottenham team news ahead of Brentford clash

Coming into Saturday’s encounter, De Zerbi still has a few injuries to contend with. The likes of Micky van de Ven and Destiny Udogie are doubts due to a lack of fitness, having not been involved in any pre-season game during the summer.

Meanwhile, Dejan Kulusevski, Mohammed Kudus, Wilson Odobert, and Xavi Simons are all sidelined and are expected to miss the Brentford clash.

Dominic Solanke was a doubt earlier this week but has since returned to training and could be set to feature against the Bees.

As for Pedro Porro, it remains to be seen if the World Cup winner will be available for Saturday’s clash following his late return to first-team training after a long World Cup campaign.

Ahead of tomorrow’s encounter, Tottenham boss Roberto De Zerbi has now offered his first injury update of the season.

Speaking to football.london, the Italian provided clarity on the fitness of van de Ven and Udogie and revealed whether they will be involved on Saturday.

He said: “Today he [Van de Ven] worked with us, with the group and he is going very well. He suffered a problem during the pre-season of Australia, I don’t know if it was the flight, but not a big problem. We have Senesi, we have Ben Davies and in the right condition to play the game tomorrow.

“Micky is not on the list tomorrow like Pedro Porro. James Maddison is inside [it], Solanke inside, Udogie, Fernandes also. Sarr not because he felt some pain, but nothing big. Kudus is almost ready.”

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