The latest Tottenham Hotspur injury news ahead of the Premier League clash against Marco Silva's Fulham at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday night
Tottenham Hotspur return to Premier League action on Saturday night when they take on Fulham at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Spurs were thumped 4-1 by rivals Arsenal on Sunday before being beaten 5-3 by Paris St Germain in the Champions League on Wednesday night.
Thomas Frank’s side head into the game ninth in the table and are once again expected to be without a number of players for the game. James Maddison, Ben Davies, Kota Takai and Dejan Kulusevski all remain unavailable.
Spurs will also be without striker Dominic Solanke, who has been out since August with an ankle injury which he underwent surgery for in September. Midfielder Yves Bissouma is also out with an ankle injury.
Radu Dragusin is not yet fit to start, and Cristian Romero is also unavailable through suspension. Speaking on Thursday afternoon, Frank said: “Nothing changes from the Arsenal-PSG games.
"Of course there's suspension to Cuti. Radu will not be able to start yet – he’s progressing, training, that’s the latest."
On Solanke and Kulusevski, the Dane said: “It's part of it. We get judged if we walk into a club like this. A fantastic club, Tottenham. Tottenham Hotspur.
“There will be expectations every day. For every performance, the performance adds together. So, that's part of the game. So, no problem with that.
“Of course, I would love to have Dominic and Kulusevski ready to play for us. But they are not available right now. Then other players need to step up. I need to find solutions. But that I will do.
Rodrigo Muniz remains a longer-term absentee for Fulham, while Antonee Robinson is a doubt with a knee injury. The former Everton man hasn’t played since the 3-1 defeat to Aston Villa at the end of September.
But Sasa Lukic will be available after missing the 1-0 win over Fulham last week due to suspension.
When asked if tomorrow’s game is a must-win for Spurs, Frank replied: “Yeah, but unfortunately, I think the stats is not like there's 100% sure that we will win the game.
“That's the beauty of it. I'm very aware that a top performance and a win will be very, very helpful, but, you know, I go into every game believing we'll win.
“I go into every game believing we have prepared well and we will do a top performance. So what I can affect is that I need to make sure that we are well prepared, I need to make sure that we pick the best possible team with the best possible opportunity to win the game, and I need to make sure we are in the perfect condition to come back out.
"And then we need a little bit of margin. That should be enough to win.”