Team news | Ange's Monday update on Dejan Kulusevski | OneFootball

Ange Postecoglou confirmed that Dejan Kulusevski's knee issue 'looks like a knock' as he spoke to the media at Hotspur Way on Monday afternoon.

Deki was withdrawn with 19 minutes on the clock of Sunday's Premier League encounter against Crystal Palace at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

"He's still sore this morning with his knee," said Ange, in a press conference to preview next week's (21 May) UEFA Europa League Final against Manchester United in Bilbao. "It looks like a knock at this stage, but we're going to let it settle for 24 hours, then assess it. The initial thought was that it's more of a knock than anything more significant."

Ange was then asked how big a player Deki is for the squad at the moment in terms of creativity, having recently lost James Maddison and Lucas Bergvall to injury.

"He is important, but all the players are important," added Ange. "The thing with Deki is that he had missed a fair bit of football, but I could sense he was getting back into the groove of things, there were some real promising signs.

"At Bodo, he had to do a really disciplined job for us, defensively, and started to show some of that attacking creativity. I thought he started well against Palace... I thought we were okay for the first 10 minutes, then he got injured. Yes, he's pretty important for us with where the squad is at the moment, so fingers crossed he's okay."