The five Tottenham players who have missed out on their Postecoglou chance and what it means
Five Tottenham players missed out on the opportunity to join Ange Postecoglou's tour squad due to injury and that will have differing consequences for all of them.
The Australian named a big 31-man Spurs squad to embark on the trip to Peth, Bangkok and Singapore but six players missed out on getting a seat on the flight to Australia. One was club captain Hugo Lloris who has been given permission to take the next steps in finding himself a transfer after 11 years in north London.
The other five names without a boarding card were those who missed out due to a range of injuries of varying severity.
Here is what their absence means for them going forward under Postecoglou.
Bryan Gil
The young Spaniard is probably the player out of the quintet who is the most impacted by their summer injury.
Gil misses out due to a back injury and it comes at a time when the little winger really needed to leave a lasting impression on the new Tottenham head coach.
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The 22-year-old has spent much of recent seasons back in his homeland, either on loan at Valencia or his old club Sevilla, where he won the Europa League this last campaign.
However, Gil had started to show some signs of progress in a Spurs shirt when injuries handed him a little run of matches under Conte.
Skill has never been the Spaniard's issue. It has only been the physicality of the Premier League, but he looked stronger in his little pre-Christmas spell in the team.
Gil's heart lies in Spain and this lost chance to spend more time with Postecoglou could end up being crucial if Spurs find another winger opportunity in the market or the new head coach decides the Pedro Porro can prove a
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