Tottenham centre-back Micky van de Ven will make his comeback in Thursday’s Europa League tie at home to Elfsborg. Van de Ven has not featured for Spurs since a 4-3 loss to Chelsea on December 8, which was his first appearance in five weeks following a hamstring strain.
The absence of Dutch defender Van de Ven due to another hamstring issue alongside a number of other key players for Ange Postecoglou over the last two months has seen the club slip to 15th in the Premier League, but stay in contention for success in the Carabao Cup, Europa League and FA Cup.
“Micky is good. He is good to go and we will try to get him some match minutes tomorrow,” Postecoglou revealed. “We’ve done everything in our power and we did last time too. Last time he probably played more than he should have in that first game (against Chelsea) but again hindsight and the circumstances around that game without rewriting history were pretty challenging anyway.
“But he’s ticked every box, worked awfully hard and been given clearance by the medical team. Invariably when you’ve had one injury it means you are always going to take a conservative approach, which we have and at some stage he has to play. “What we’ve got to make sure is to just manage his minutes now to give him every chance to grow into it, but he’s enormous for us because A, he is a fantastic player, and B with a lot of these guys who will come back, they are just champing at the bit to help.
