Tottenham head coach Roberto De Zerbi has confirmed that Rodrigo Bentancur is available to play against Brighton on Saturday.
De Zerbi has inherited a horrific injury list at Spurs since replacing Igor Tudor at the club and things got worse when Mohammed Kudus suffered a setback in his recovery from injury in the Italian's first few days at the club.
Then, Cristian Romero went off in tears having picked up a partial tear in his MCL.
But there was good news this week with Uruguayan Bentancur returning to first team training, having not played a match since the beginning of January, after picking up a hamstring injury in the game with Bournemouth.
Double Delight For Roberto De Zerbi
But Bentancur will be back against the Seagulls, as will former Brighton player Yves Bissouma.
Speaking during his pre-match press conference, De Zerbi said: "Bentancur is available. I don’t know if he will start. Bissouma is available 100 per cent, more than Sunderland game."
De Zerbi did also confirm, however, that goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario was not yet ready to return to the first team. Antonin Kinsky played in De Zerbi's first game in charge, with Vicario having undergone hernia surgery, and the Czech keeper will once again be in between the sticks, after De Zerbi confirmed: "Vicario, no."
Bentancur was not the only long-term injured player to be spotted in training this week, with James Maddison, who has not played all season after suffering an ACL injury in pre-season, also joining in with the first team.
The Englishman is not yet ready to step out onto the pitch, but De Zerbi spoke about him during his press conference too.
"There are a lot of different types of leaders," De Zerbi said. "Real leader who talks inside the dressing room, Maddison is a top player on the pitch with the ball but also as a personality, mentality on the pitch.
"I will use the players when they are totally available to play and start the training, it's better to lose one game more than get another injury."
Tottenham go into this weekend's game with Brighton in the Premier League relegation zone, two points adrift of West Ham United, who leapfrogged them with victory over Wolves during the last round of matches.
While Bentancur and Bissouma's return is welcome relief for De Zerbi, SPurs will still be without seven players for the game against their new head coach's former team.