Ange Postecoglou has provided a Tottenham Hotspur team news update ahead of Sunday’s match against Manchester City during this afternoon’s press conference at Hotspur Way.

Tottenham head north to Manchester to take on the Premier League champions looking to avoid a fourth successive Premier League defeat having suffered losses against Chelsea, Wolverhampton Wanderers and most recently Aston Villa.

Postecoglou’s squad has been decimated by injuries and suspensions in recent weeks with Rodrigo Bentancur expected to be out until February after tearing a ligament in his ankle during the match against Villa following a foul by Matty Cash during the first half of the 2-1 defeat at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

The Australian was already without Ivan Perisic, Manor Solomon, Micky van de Ven, James Maddison, Ryan Sessegnon, Richarlison and Pape Matar Sarr through injury while Cristian Romero and Yves Bissouma were suspended.

Pape Matar Sarr

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Spurs team news for Manchester City match

Bissouma returns following his one-match ban, however, Romero remains unavailable and will serve the last of his three-match suspension.
 
Postecoglou told Tottenham’s official X account that Bentancur will be out for a couple of months with his latest injury, while Richarlison should be back in training tomorrow and Pape Matar Sarr will return in the next couple of weeks. The rest of Tottenham’s injured contingent will be more long-term.
 

On Bentancur, Ange said: “It’s disappointing for him. I kind of saw it on the day and the outcome wasn’t great. He’ll probably miss a fair chunk of time between now and the New Year.

“It’s probably a couple of months for him to get back, which is disappointing for him because we all know and have witnessed how hard he has worked to get back.

“He got back playing for his country, he got his first start and he started awfully well for us. For him personally, everyone is fairly gutted but he is such a positive guy. He can’t wait to get cracking again and I’m in no doubt we will see him back as soon as possible.”

When asked about Richarlison, he added: “Richy is probably the closest of the ones who have been missing and looking to get him involved in training hopefully tomorrow. 

“We will see how he is because he’s obviously missed a fair bit.  He’s done his rehab really good and he feels really good, which is important.  He is like the next, sort of cab off the rank in terms of the injured guys.”

On Sarr, he continued: “Pape is probably a little bit behind him [Richarlison], so we will just see how he goes.  I guess out of all of the injured guys, they are the two we are hoping that will be back over the next sort of couple of weeks.  Obviously, the rest of them we won’t see until the New Year.”

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