Tottenham Team News: Poch Confirms Triple Injury Boost But 4 Players Ruled Out

Tottenham Hotspur start the new Premier League season with a tricky trip to St James’ Park to take on Newcastle United on Sunday afternoon.

Ahead of the game, Mauricio Pochettino has been speaking to the media at his pre-match press conference this afternoon and he’s given reporters a team news and injury update.

The Spurs boss was pleased to confirm a huge boost with the news that while Kieran Trippier won’t be involved this weekend his ankle injury isn’t serious so he should make a swift return to action.

The right-back picked up the injury in pre-season and there were fears he’d sustained serious damage but Spurs have confirmed only minor ligament damage has been suffered so Trippier should be back sooner rather than later.

In a further boost, Pochettino also revealed that Victor Wanyama has recovered from a knee injury while Heung-min Son has been passed fit from a broken arm that he suffered in pre-season.

However, Danny Rose – who’s future was thrown in doubt following a controversial newspaper interview yesterday – isn’t available as he continues to recover from a knee ligament injury from last season.

Erik Lamela is also unavailable as the Argentinean international is still recovering from a long-term hip injury while Georges-Kevin N’Koudou is also sidelined with a foot problem.

TEAM NEWS: @trippier2 (ankle) – Scans confirmed minor ligament damage and a short recovery time is expected. pic.twitter.com/NE2zRMOYrZ

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) August 11, 2017

TEAM NEWS: @gknkoudou (foot), @ErikLamela (hip) and Danny Rose (knee) will miss out. All other players are available for selection. pic.twitter.com/S2qO7tNYey

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) August 11, 2017

#thfc Wanyama and Son fit — but barely featured in preseason. Trippier out so Sissoko or Dier expected on the right side of defence. https://t.co/qb0sjswDGr

— Dan Kilpatrick (@Dan_KP) August 11, 2017

With Trippier ruled out, Eric Dier could fill-in at right-back while it will be interesting to see if Wanyama or Son are selected to start as neither have featured much during pre-season so won’t be match fit.