Tottenham given huge injury boost ahead of North London derby
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Richarlison is in line for his first appearance since November as Ange Postecoglou’s side take on Arsenal. Tottenham have been given a huge injury boost with Richarlison set to be available for Wednesday’s north London derby at Arsenal. Richarlison has not played since he sustained a muscle injury during a 4-1 win over Aston Villa in November.
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That was just Richarlison’s seventh appearance of the campaign due to a long-standing calf issue, which hampered the Brazilian striker earlier in the season, but Postecoglou will have him back for the trip to the Emirates. Timo Werner will miss out with a hamstring injury though.
“The only one who picked up an injury was Timo. He picked up a hamstring injury,” Postecoglou revealed. “Everyone else apart from being sore pulled up OK. In terms of incoming, Richy is available.”. Postecoglou remains without a number of his first-team squad, with Guglielmo Vicario, Micky van de Ven, Destiny Udogie, Ben Davies, Cristian Romero, Rodrigo Bentancur and Wilson Odobert all sidelined.
Postecoglou has also expressed his disappointment with some of the “pretty vile and detestable” chants he received from a minority of Tamworth supporters during Sunday’s FA Cup tie. Spurs made hard work of last weekend’s third-round clash at the Vanarama National League outfit before they won 3-0 after extra time.
Postecoglou’s side turn their focus to Wednesday’s trip to their rivals, but asked if he could expect another hostile atmosphere at the Emirates after an uncompromising welcome at the Lamb Ground on Sunday, the 59-year-old highlighted some of the “unacceptable” behaviour he experienced.
