Tottenham are stated to be sizing up a January reinforcement following the damage to Micky van de Ven.
The Netherlands worldwide gave the impression to be holding his hamstring as he was substituted within the victory over Manchester Metropolis, earlier than being changed by Future Udogie after simply 14 minutes in North London.
Van de Ven has endured an injury-hit begin to his life at Spurs, having additionally missed two months final season with the identical subject. There’s concern over the 23-year-old and Spurs are already being tipped to herald an additional physique over the winter interval.
Former Tottenham scout Mike Brown says the Lilywhites are exploring their choices
Mike Brown, former scout at Tottenham Hotspur, says the Lilywhites wish to herald a brand new defender to assist ease the troubles introduced on by Van de Ven’s damage and the health of Cristian Romero.
Each gamers had been injured final season and there’s considered some wiggle room within the mark for supervisor Ange Postecoglou to herald a brand new participant in January.
“Tottenham fear me defensively,” Brown stated through Soccer Insider. “They fall down on the fundamentals, they’re simply not adequate on the again. That’s even with their first-choice group on the pitch. Their power in depth is a matter too as a result of it makes rotation troublesome.
“Their power in depth is a matter too as a result of it makes rotation troublesome. They’ve obtained a settled pairing in [Cristian] Romero and [Micky] Van de Ven, however behind them, they’re in need of actual high quality choices and power in depth. From what I’m listening to, they wish to herald somebody who can fill in if these two miss out.”
In FourFourTwo’s view, one other physique to assist Romero and Van de Ven could be valued, given the membership did the identical by bringing in Radu Dragusin final season.
However after being despatched off within the Europa League, the previous Genoa man is probably not the reply to all their issues and any individual with a greater pedigree, for instance Joe Gomez at Liverpool, could be the best answer.
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“I’ve been conscious of Micky,” Postecoglou stated after utilizing him as at left again for the ultimate half-hour of a win towards Burnley.
“He’s had a few accidents and I’ve obtained to watch out with him in relation to the calls for of taking part in left-back in our system. I’ve obtained to consider the long run and the bodily calls for are completely different at left-back.”
