2 weeks Ago By [email protected] (Alan Smith)
Ange Postecoglou has confirmed that striker Richarlison faces “a significant amount of time” on the sidelines following his latest hamstring injury. The Brazilian was distraught when substituted against Aston Villa last week having struggled for much of the year with a succession of physical problems. And after Richarlison asked for fans to pray for him during his latest attempt to reach prolonged fitness , Postecoglou has provided a pessimistic update on the amount of time the centre forward is set to miss with his latest setback And asked if there was a timescale placed on his return, Postecoglou said: “Not really.
I’m reticent to put it but he’ll be out for a significant amount of time. It’s a significant hamstring injury. “He was very disappointed.
We tried to take a different approach and he worked awfully hard on his rehab, his general fitness. He really trimmed down in terms of his conditioning. He was doing everything right.
We eased him back in terms of his return to playing, tried not to overload him. “But unfortunately he’s broken down again. He’s disappointed but ultimately we just got to keep getting him back and working with him to get back because he’s an important player.
“We saw last week the impact he had coming off the bench and setting up the goal for us. Disappointing for him, disappointing for us because we haven’t really had him this year. We’ll keep working with Richy to get him back.
” Postecoglou, however, remains hopeful that centre half Cristian Romero is able to return for Sunday’s visit of Ipswich Town to north London - but the Spurs boss believes Mikey Moore and Timo Werner will remain absent while Micky van de Ven is not expected to return until after the international break. He added: “Last night the brief I got after the game was everyone came through unscathed. Cristian, we’ll see how he goes over the next couple of days.
The idea is to get him out there training. He has a chance for the weekend. “Mikey is probably still not right for the weekend.
Probably Timo as well. Out of the ones who’ve been out it’s only Timo who will be back.” Join our new WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Mirror Football content.
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