Latest Tottenham injury news as Richarlison and five others to miss Crystal Palace clash

Tottenham Hotspur could be without up to six players for their clash with Crystal Palace on Saturday. Spurs are set to return to Premier League action for the first time in a fortnight.

Ange Postecoglou’s side will be determined to make up for lost time following the team’s defeat to Wolves. The result saw Spurs lose ground on Aston Villa in the race for the top four but the club still hold a three-point lead over Manchester United and have a game in hand as they battle for Champions League football.

Tottenham have been hampered by injuries throughout the campaign and Postecoglou detailed the latest blow in his press conference on Friday. Spurs will possibly be without Richarlison for up to three weeks with a knee injury, at a time when the forward has been in prolific form.

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«Sort of going through from the last game, Richy picked up a bit of a knee injury so he's going to be missing sort of two to three weeks,» said Postecoglou.

“With Richy, disappointed because he has obviously been a key contributor for us but it's how our season's gone. We get one back, we lose one. We'll just have to compensate for him being out.”

The Brazilian forward is joined on the absentee list by several full-backs. Ryan Sessengnon recently underwent successful surgery on the fresh hamstring injury he sustained against Wolves. football.london understands that the 23-year-old is expected to be out for between 10 and 12 weeks.

“With Sess it is a tough one,” Postecoglou admitted. “Through no fault of his own he's worked hard to try to come back and it's always more