Spurs injury news: Postecoglou welcomes back key players after long absences | OneFootball

Ange Postecoglou says goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario and midfielder James Maddison are back available for Spurs following their injury absences.

Vicario has been out since November with an ankle injury but having returned to training recently, is now back available.

James Maddison is also ready to return having missed the last two Premier League games with a calf issue.

Destiny Udogie, Brennan Johnson and Wilson Odobert, meanwhile, have returned to training as they close in on returns.

“It has been a good week in terms of the health and well-being of the men I look after,,” Postecoglou said.

“The guys who have been playing have benefited a fair bit.

“Yes, on the injury front it is good to have players back because it raises the quality of our training. [Guglielmo] Vicario, yes. Trained really well. James Maddison is good to go. We’ve had Destiny [Udogie], Wilson [Odobert] and Brennan [Johnson] training with the group. They are in a good place.”

“Vic, he is an outstanding goalkeeper. He is such a presence amongst the boys. He really gets everyone going.

“It has been tough without him because we’ve used three other goalkeepers. They’ve all contributed, none of them have let us down. Vic is experienced.

“Maddison, as well, has enormous self-belief and that filters through the team. He can start. It has been a shorter one, Destiny, we’ll see. I want to get to a space when we have a midweek when Destiny, Wilson and Timo [Werner] at a stretch can all play minutes.”

Defensive duo Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero are also not far away from being able to return.

Postecoglou says the club have been working with van de Ven to ensure his long-term fitness having been sidelined with multiple hamstring injuries lately.

Romero’s recovery, meanwhile, has been slower than expected.

Along with Dominic Solanke, he expects them to be back in two to three weeks.

“With Micky [van de Ven], we made a decision and the catalyst with that is about looking beyond the injury about how we can get him into a good space,” Postecoglou said.

“He is working with people on the mechanics of him. He is in a good space, training and feels really good. His return is imminent but we want to get it right.

“With [Cristian] Romero, it has been a healing issue. The injury hasn’t healed as quickly as we would have liked. We could have pushed him but we are just waiting. Depending on what happens, his return could be imminent as well.

“Micky, Cuti and Dom, again, we’re looking at the next two or three weeks for them.”