James Maddison Tottenham injury return vs Man City could impact five of Ange Postecoglou's stars
Ange Postecoglou and Tottenham will be hoping for some more positive news on the injury front ahead of Friday's FA Cup fourth round clash against Man City. After receiving some huge boosts of late with Micky van de Ven finally returning from a hamstring injury and Cristian Romero and Rodrigo Bentancur back on the pitch ahead of schedule, Spurs still have others in the treatment room waiting to return.
The spotlight will very much be on James Maddison over the next couple of days as the Lilywhites prepare for the mouth-watering showdown against the Premier League champions. Like Van de Ven, Maddison picked up an injury in the 4-1 defeat against Chelsea at the beginning of November and it feels like a lifetime ago that he was dictating things for Spurs.
Influential for Tottenham in the opening weeks of the season after making the move from Leicester City, Maddison has been a major miss since his ankle injury and the team's results could have been a lot different in November and early December if it wasn't for the setback. Speaking ahead of the recent 2-2 draw against Manchester United, Postecoglou issued an update on Tottenham's No.10 and revealed that he should be back in first-team training between the two Manchester games.
«He's getting closer. He hasn’t trained with the group yet,» said the Australian. «Obviously after Man United we've got two weeks and I’ll be hoping between the two Manchester games he's back training with the first team as long as there’s no setbacks in that two-week window.
»No idea [if he'll be fit to face Manchester City in the FA Cup], we'll see. It depends when he starts training. If he starts training early next week, potentially, but then again you have to see how they train with the first team,
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