Rodrigo Bentancur keen ‘to help team’ after ban – Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou
Rodrigo Bentancur keen ‘to help team’ after ban – Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou
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Ange Postecoglou says Tottenham midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur is eager to make up for lost time ahead of his return for the Boxing Day trip to Nottingham Forest. Bentancur has sat out Spurs’ last seven domestic matches due to a Football Association suspension for racist remarks about captain Son Heung-min earlier this year.
The absence of the 27-year-old Uruguay international has occurred at the worst time for head coach Postecoglou, who has been without a string of senior players for a jam-packed December and watched his depleted squad struggle for consistency. “Even the injured guys, they are around the group all the time and they want to help, they want to contribute,” Postecoglou said.
“They know we’re in a tough moment and, for Rodrigo, it has been even more frustrating because it’s not an injury which has kept him out. “As I’ve said, he made a mistake, served his punishment now and wants to help the team. “It’s good to have him back. He’s been working hard at training. In terms of Boxing Day, we’ll see, but certainly (a boost) just to have an extra body.
“I think what the players have had to deal with, the core group of players over the last sort of three weeks or so, has been very, very demanding on them. “Most of them have got through it pretty well, in terms of not getting any more injuries, thankfully for us, but it’ll be nice to have just some ability to rotate some players and even make substitutions in games that hopefully will help us.”.
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