Ange Postecoglou has admitted that a number of his Tottenham players could miss out on their pre-season tour squad which flies out to Perth on Friday.
The 57-year-old takes his squad to Australia, Thailand and Singapore for his first three matches as their head coach in the next fortnight. However, a variety of reasons will ensure that certain members of his Tottenham squad will be left at home when the flight takes on off Friday.
Postecoglou confirmed to football.london that some players will miss out on the scheduled departure to his homeland because of injury, and that two are definitely out.
«We do have a couple who are [injured], obviously Rodrigo Bentancur has got his injury and is still a little bit off. Fraser Forster has got a bit of a back injury, which means he won't travel and won't be able to participate,» he said. «There are a couple of others who are touch and go at the moment.
»We will see how they go for the next few days. For me, I would really like as many of the group along as possible because it is the best way to figure out how we set up our environment and sort of the culture around the group if everyone is there. But if it is going to be beneficial for some guys to stay back, we'll make that decision. I don't think there will be too many in that boat at the moment."
football.london understands that Djed Spence and Troy Parrott are among other Spurs players who are in a race to be fit to take part in the tour following respective knee and groin injuries.
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