Tottenham insider Paul O’Keefe has now revealed what the situation is with Dejan Kulusevski and how likely he is to be fit for the Europa League final.
The last thing that Ange Postecoglou wanted against Crystal Palace was another key player to go down injured, which is why he made eight changes to the Tottenham side from the one that started against Bodo/Glimt.
However, as luck would have it, Kulusevski, who was one of just three players to keep their place in the side, went off with an injury on 19 minutes after a strong challenge from Marc Guehi.
Ange Postecoglou was initially optimistic that Kulusevski’s injury was just a knock, but there has been some bad news regarding the Swede over the last 12 hours.
Paul O’Keefe reveals the latest regarding Dejan Kulusevski
Earlier today, news broke that Kulusevski is a doubt for the Europa League final, with the 25-year-old in a race against time to be fit for the clash at Bilbao next Wednesday.
Paul O’Keefe, who remains well connected with figures at Hotspur Way, has now revealed that the Swede is having pain-killing injections in his knee to play the final.
He claimed that the attacking midfielder is a major doubt to feature in Bilbao, but he is not yet 100 per cent ruled out of the game either.
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Tottenham will try everything they can to get Kulusevski on the pitch
Kulusevski’s absence will be a particularly big blow for Tottenham since they are already without their other two creative midfielders: James Maddison and Lucas Bergvall, who have also been sidelined through injury.
Spurs will thus do their utmost to get the Swede out onto the pitch, even if it means potentially risking aggravating the knee injury.
One would imagine that Kulusevski is also desperate to be involved, as European finals do not come around often in a player’s career.