Tottenham Hotspur's available squad is crumbling before their very eyes as they gear up for Newcastle United meeting

 · December 29 2024, 19:00
Tottenham Hotspur's available squad is crumbling before their very eyes as they gear up for Newcastle United meeting
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Newcastle United still have Manchester United to contend with on Monday night live on Sky Sports with an 8pm kick-off.

Once that game is out of the way, we then head to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for a Saturday lunchtime fixture live on TNT Sports, kick-off at 12:30pm for that one.

Spurs were in action today against Wolverhampton Wanderers who softened up Manchester United for us ahead of tomorrow's game and have now put in some good shots on Tottenham Hotspur with an 87th minute equaliser to deny them the win.

Not content with throwing away two points, Spurs midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur picked up a stoppage time yellow card, his fifth of the season and will now miss the game against Newcastle.

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Had Bentancur held on, the slate gets wiped in terms of yellow cards after the 19th game of the season so we're sure Ange Postecoglou is twice as angry at the Uruguayan for picking up that booking given that the Wolves game was in fact their 19th game.

Tottenham were already struggling with players missing with Postecoglou being reduced to playing teenage midfielder Archie Gray as a makeshift centre-back.

Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven are long-term absentees and Ben Davies isn't expected to be back in contention until the middle of the month which suggest Gray is likely to continue at the back for Spurs against Newcastle. We're sure Alexander Isak can't wait!

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Destiny Udogie has been given just a 25% chance of making the game against Newcastle too according to the EPL Injury Table. Guglielmo Vicario isn't expected back until March so Spurs will have to field former Newcastle 'keeper Fraser Forster who looks about as solid as the Gateshead flyover.

Postecoglou also has issues upfront with Richarlison also currently injured.

It's bad times for Spurs, no doubt, but it gives Newcastle plenty of hope provided they can come through tomorrow's game without any new injuries or suspensions.

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