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Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou has confirmed midfielder Lucas Bergvall has been ruled out for the remainder of the season due to injury.

Bergvall was absent from the matchday squad for the 3-1 win against Bodo/Glimt on Thursday after picking up an ankle injury in the build-up to the first leg of their Europa League semi-final.

Speaking ahead of the meeting with West Ham on Sunday, Postecoglou said: "Lucas, looks like the injury is significant to keep him out for the rest of the season. He tweaked the ligaments in his ankle."

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When asked about how the injury occurred during training, Postecoglou added: "It wasn't a tackle, he went to turn and his ankle gave way. They are things that happen.

"He is hugely disappointed and there isn't much you can say. Every experience in life and football makes you stronger. He has an unbelievable career ahead of him.

"It has denied him the opportunity to play in a big game last night. He will come back stronger. Every player has to go through setbacks."

The Spurs boss also offered updates on Dominic Solanke and James Maddison, who were forced off with knocks during the win at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, as well as captain Heung-Min Son who has missed the last five games.

"Dom [Solanke], we don't think is anything too serious. He is a doubt for the weekend," Postecoglou continued.

"[James] Madders is a bit more of a concern as it is the knee. We have sent him for a scan and are waiting for the outcome.

"Son is out on the grass and feels better every day. We will see about Thursday."

Changes to be made vs West Ham

The Tottenham boss is aware his side have little to play for in the Premier League, given they are languishing in 16th, and admitted he will "likely" make wholesale changes to the starting line-up for the trip to the London Stadium on Sunday.

The second leg of the semi-final is scheduled for May 8, four days after facing Graham Potter's side in east London, and Postecoglou will use the fixture as an opportunity to rest key players while also getting others up to speed, should they be needed in Bodo.

When asked about whether or not he would make major changes, he said: "Likely. It is important for us because it is a quick turnaround.

"We have had issues and we continue to have them because it is the way our season is going.

"We will make changes to put in a strong performance but also to give some players a rest. We also need to get some up to speed."

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Tottenham midfielder James Maddison insists the team are "100 per cent behind" boss Ange Postecoglou despite their "unacceptable" Premier League season.

Spurs sit a lowly 16th in the Premier League table after suffering a 19th league defeat of the season on Sunday, following a heavy 5-1 loss at newly-crowned champions Liverpool.

But despite their domestic form, Tottenham still have a chance to win the Europa League, which would end their 17-year trophy drought and give them a place in next season's Champions League.

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There has been intense speculation surrounding the future of Postecoglou, who is presiding over potentially Spurs' worst-ever Premier League season, with some reports claiming the 59-year-old will lose his job even if he lifts the Europa League trophy.

But Maddison has given his full support for the under-pressure Australian ahead of Thursday's Europa League semi-final first leg against Norwegian champions Bodo/Glimt.

He said: "We're behind the manager, 100 per cent. I think he's a great man.

"He's the first person to tell you, I've heard it myself, that we've had a poor season, especially in the league. We've been very good in Europe, but the league season's probably been unacceptable, and we can all take a collective responsibility for that.

"But he's my manager, he's my gaffer, I respect him an awful amount.

"The narrative is something that we players try and keep away from because it's not healthy to read into what you lot are talking about - the manager's position. I just know that I come into work every day and see the lads listening, taking on the messages, how he wants to play and trying to do what's best for this club.

"We're in a very good position in Europe, where we can still have a special season under his management. So, I'll continue to do that until the day he isn't here. He's my manager and I respect him an awful amount, so that will continue."

'Season can still be so special'

Tottenham host Bodo/Glimt on Thursday before the second leg in Norway above the Arctic Circle on May 8, with the chance to reach the Europa League final in Bilbao on May 21.

It gives Postecoglou the chance to earn Spurs' first silverware since 2008 and their first European trophy in 41 years.

Asked whether the team owes the fans Europa League glory amid a dismal domestic campaign, Maddison replied: "We definitely want to reward them for the support that they give us by creating something special because the league hasn't been good enough, definitely. But it hurts us as well. Let's not create the narrative that it's just us players out there. Definitely, we take responsibility for that. But it hurts me a lot that we're having a poor season.

"But this is why we're so motivated for this competition because this season can still be so special. You lot talk about it all the time about Tottenham being without silverware for however many years it is. We're in the last four, and we've got a great opportunity to do that in a competition that we've been pretty solid in this year.

"We want to reward them because we feel the support. At the end of games when we've lost again, you go over because you want to thank them for the support. I know they don't want to hear it. Even at this press conference and the interview on Sunday [after the Liverpool defeat], they're not really that bothered because words are just words.

"But it hurts and we're trying to put it right. I think that's the main thing. The hunger is there. It doesn't always work, that's just life. It doesn't always work how you want it to.

"This is a unique situation that we're in in the last four in Europe where we can go and reward them for their support because they do travel everywhere. We are very grateful for that. Even in the league position we're in and we've got nothing to play for, they're still selling out Liverpool away. We do appreciate that and they're supporting us, but it hurts as well.

"I guess the message I was trying to get across is that we're not satisfied as well. We're in this together."

He added: "I don't feel personally responsible because it's a collective. It's everyone. No one at the whole club, from the top to the bottom, internally should be satisfied with where we are, so it definitely hurts.

"The hurt you're talking about, I guess it's a tough one because, like I just said, we have to do interviews. You spoke about Liverpool on Sunday. I'm going to do the interview where we've lost 5-1. It's a little bit embarrassing. I'm a bit embarrassed myself. I have to go and talk. I know no one really wants to hear what I've got to say because they want to see the reaction. That's the chance we've got to do on Thursday night, which is the beauty of the quick turnaround, because we can go and put it right on Thursday if we get a good result.

"Then in seven days' time, we've got another massive game. If we get through that, we're in a European final. There's positives there, but I guess we've got to go and do it, and we've got to show them that we're just as hungry as they are to win something."

Ange: I'm not underestimating Bodo/Glimt

Tottenham are heavy favourites to overcome Bodo/Glimt, who are the first Norwegian side to reach a European semi-final.

Kjetil Knutsen's side have knocked out Lazio and Olympiakos en route to the last four, but Postecoglou is adamant his team will not underestimate them.

He said: "You'd love us to think that, that you're a small club and we don't rate. No, no.

"I think Bodo's there on merit. They've beaten Lazio and Olympiakos, tough teams. They're there because they're a good football team.

"It doesn't matter where you come from. I come from the other side of the world where football is the fourth sport. So I don't underestimate anything.

"You say we're a big club, they're a small club, it doesn't matter. We're two clubs in a semi-final of a European competition, and they've earned the right to be there. They've done very well to get there, and we're going to treat them with the respect they deserve."

Meanwhile, Postecoglou confirmed captain Heung-Min Son will be absent for the first leg at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

The South Korean has not featured for Spurs since the 1-1 draw with Eintracht Frankfurt on April 10 due to a foot injury.

Postecoglou said: "He won't feature. He's out training, but he's still separate from the group.

"He's improving and hopefully we can get him back in sooner rather than later."

Norwegian enigmas Bodo/Glimt aim to crack another code vs Spurs

Sky Sports' Declan Olley:

Underestimate Bodo/Glimt at your peril, Tottenham.

Just ask Porto, Besiktas, Olympiakos and Lazio this season. Roma and Celtic, who were managed then by Spurs boss Postecoglou, were also victims four years ago.

The most recent giant-killing of Lazio, though, was particularly historic as Bodo/Glimt became the first Norwegian side to reach a European semi-final.

Now the Eliteserien champions, located above the Arctic Circle, are aiming to freeze out Spurs, whose stadium is astonishingly bigger than Bodo's population of 55,000.

"We walk into this game with confidence that whoever we meet, we believe we're able to compete," says Bodo/Glimt's sporting director Havard Sakariassen.

"I hope that we don't focus on the occasion and that we play the game and dare to be ourselves.

"I truly strongly believe we have all the tools to be brave enough to go out in London and just be Bodo/Glimt. Just play the game, and then we will see.

"Of course, the experience that we have gained over the last years makes us more confident in situations like this."

Underestimate Bodo/Glimt at your peril, Tottenham.

Just ask Porto, Besiktas, Olympiakos and Lazio this season. Roma and Celtic, who were managed then by Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou, were also victims four years ago.

The most recent giant-killing of Lazio, though, was particularly historic as Bodo/Glimt became the first Norwegian side to reach a European semi-final.

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Now the Eliteserien champions, located above the Arctic Circle, are aiming to freeze out Spurs, whose stadium is astonishingly bigger than Bodo's population of 55,000.

"We walk into this game with confidence that whoever we meet, we believe we're able to compete," says Bodo/Glimt's sporting director Havard Sakariassen.

"I hope that we don't focus on the occasion and that we play the game and dare to be ourselves.

"I truly strongly believe we have all the tools to be brave enough to go out in London and just be Bodo/Glimt. Just play the game, and then we will see.

"Of course, the experience that we have gained over the last years makes us more confident in situations like this."

'We have cracked the European code'

One of those pivotal experiences came in north London in October 2022, as Bodo/Glimt suffered a 3-0 Europa League group-stage defeat at Tottenham's rivals Arsenal.

But the loss at the Emirates Stadium proved key in solving the European puzzle.

"I think we have cracked some codes regarding performance, especially away," Sakariassen says.

"To be more cynical, not to be naive playing away against good teams in Europe.

"At home, we want to go out, dominate teams and have possession. Away in Europe we try to do that, but of course sometimes you meet teams that are truly, truly good.

"It's hard to find the weakness in the team, and you can't be naive playing against these teams. You may have to adjust the mindset. It's hard.

"When we went to Arsenal, they were leading, it was hard to go and dominate. You have to attack it in a different way and try to be smarter. It's something that comes with experience.

"We've learnt a lot because we've played decent away games this year in pressured situations. It's smartness in the play and to reckon sometimes a good performance is to be truly good in your defence."

Spurs will have their own conundrum to figure out - Bodo/Glimt's 8,270-seater Aspymyra Stadion. An artificial pitch and freezing temperatures have made it an icy enigma for visiting sides.

Postecoglou's team will need togetherness and teamwork to pass the test, something their opponents have in abundance, with the majority of the squad from Norway.

"I think it has a value in itself, in your life, to be able to play at this level in your hometown, also with your friends," Sakariassen says.

"So I think the culture in the club here is something they really enjoy...but I think it has to be rare to be able to play football with your mates at this level anywhere in Europe, and that has a value."

But Bodo/Glimt's band of brothers go to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the first leg facing an absentee crisis.

Influential captain Patrick Berg, his midfield partner Hakon Evjen and striker Andreas Helmersen are all suspended, while key centre-back Odin Bjortuft is an injury doubt.

All four were part of the starting XI as Bodo/Glimt lost 3-2 at Manchester United in November despite going 2-1 up. Sakariassen wants another go at Ruben Amorim's side in Bilbao on May 21.

"I'm actually a (Manchester) United supporter from back in the day, so Bodo vs United sounds great for me," he jokes.

From brink of bankruptcy to potential Europa League final

Talk of Bodo/Glimt being in a Europa League final would have been unthinkable a decade ago.

He reveals that during his playing days for the club they were "nearly bankrupt", and he has previously spoken of a time when the squad had to wash their own kit.

Their budget in 2017 was a paltry £3.6m (€4.2m). Seven years on, their revenue was £51m (€60m). The fairytale is even more magical considering it was financially organic.

"Nobody has given us money outside the prize money in these 10 years," Sakariassen says. "It shows that you can achieve stuff if you work well over time, and that is the main part of it, but it's much easier if you have money.

"I know that people have said to me that we are an inspiration that you can achieve with a small club.

"I would find inspiration in a story like this if you go back 10 years ago. Smaller clubs can get inspired, and it takes a whole lot of hard work and a lot of luck throughout the way to actually make it happen."

Sakariassen also believes patience has been vital in their meteoric rise, which has seen them win four of the last five Norwegian top-flight titles, with their first Eliteserien coming in 2020.

'I'm not afraid of interest in boss Knutsen'

The frontman for their success is manager Kjetil Knutsen, whose brand of football has been described as "kamikaze" by midfielder Ulrik Saltnes.

Asked by Sky Sports about the Norwegian tactician, Sakariassen replies: "It's his eighth year here, so we have been on a long journey together trying to build Bodo/Glimt to what it is today.

"He's a man of true passion about football and about this project. It's impressive for him, but also for many people who have worked over the last eight years with the kind of success that we have achieved.

"We come in every day with him as a leader to seek improvement every day, even after winning a trophy or achieving something.

"So number one, he's famed for the project, to actually live it through and through.

"Also, his loyalty to the club, the fans, the city and the loyalty that we have for each other is quite unique in professional football anywhere.

"With the kind of success Bodo/Glimt has had in the last years, it's quite unique and says a lot about him that he's still here."

But that loyalty could be tested seriously soon with the 56-year-old linked with Rangers and Leeds.

Asked by Sky Sports whether he was worried about interest in Knutsen, Sakariassen responds: "No, I'm not afraid of anything.

"Of course, Kjetil is an attractive manager, that's just the nature of what we do.

"Whatever happens, happens. He's been here for eight years and has probably had some really good offers along the way.

"I know that he enjoys being in Bodo, enjoys working at this club. Should he, for some reason, decide to do something else I think we should applaud him to the airport and say thank you.

"But I'm not afraid of that at all, and I think that we will work here for more years to come - but who knows?"

What is for certain is that Knutsen and his players are ready to crack another code on Thursday.