Tottenham Hotspur head coach Ange Postecoglou has said that it remains a possibility that there are no further signings at the club this month.
Spurs completed the transfer of 21-year-old goalkeeper Antonin Kinksy from Slavia Prague on January 5 but have not made any more additions to the squad since then.
Postecoglou’s side take on German side Hoffenheim in their seventh league-phase game of the Europa League on Thursday and are set to be without 14 players as they make the trip to Germany.
When asked if there was a chance that Tottenham would not not sign anybody else this window, Postecoglou said: “Yeah, potentially. The club is working hard to get some help for the players. As far as I know at the moment there’s nothing imminent but things happen quickly in the last week of the window, so still hopeful.”
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Spurs have an extensive list of unavailable players with Guglielmo Vicario, Destiny Udogie, Micky van de Ven, Pape Matar Sarr, Yves Bissouma, Brennan Johnson, Timo Werner, Wilson Odobert and Dominic Solanke all out with injury.
Sarr is the newest addition to the injury list after picking up a knock in a 3-2 defeat against Everton on Sunday. “Pape has a slight knock from the weekend, so he’s out,” said Postecoglou. “He tried to train (today) but he’s still a bit sore from the weekend. We’re hoping it’s not something that will keep him out for too long, he has a chance for the weekend, but the turn around was too quick.”
Full-backs Djed Spence and Sergio Reguilon will also be unavailable on Thursday due to not being registered in Tottenham’s Europa League squad. Kinsky and teenage winger Yang Min-hyeok — who joined the club at the start of the month after signing in the summer — are also unregistered.
Postecoglou added that Rodrigo Bentancur is back in the squad after suffering a concussion in his side’s Carabao Cup semi-final first leg against Liverpool. Centre-back Cristian Romero has returned to training but was deemed not ready to feature against Hoffenheim and will be out for “probably another week to 10 days”.
Spurs are enduring a miserable run of form, only winning four of their last 15 games in all competitions and sit 15th in the Premier League, only eight points off the relegation zone. They are ninth in the Europa League table, one place outside the automatic qualification spots for the last 16.
Despite the team’s struggles, Postecoglou was able to see the funny side of the situation when the press conference was paused due to the German translator coughing. “We’ve lost the translator as well, even my translator’s injured!” he joked.
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