Antonio Conte names the four Spurs players who suffered from illness this week
Antonio Conte has revealed that Dejan Kulusevski, Hugo Lloris, Harry Winks and Pierluigi Gollini came down with illness and missed training ahead of Tottenham’s Premier League fixture against Burnley. Spurs claimed an important 1-0 win against the Clarets on Sunday to lift them into the top four ahead of rivals Arsenal, who travel to Newcastle […]
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Antonio Conte has revealed that Dejan Kulusevski, Hugo Lloris, Harry Winks and Pierluigi Gollini came down with illness and missed training ahead of Tottenham’s Premier League fixture against Burnley.
Spurs claimed an important 1-0 win against the Clarets on Sunday to lift them into the top four ahead of rivals Arsenal, who travel to Newcastle on Monday night.
But their pre-match preparations were slightly interrupted after a stomach virus was reported to have worked its way around some of the squad (Football.London).
Kulusevski was named as one of four players to have come down with the bug which ensured he was only fit enough for a place on the bench against Burnley, with Lucas Moura earning a starting role in his place.
Conte has now shared that goalkeepers Lloris and Gollini, as well as Winks, also suffered from the illness which kept all of them out of training ahead of the weekend.
He said (via Football.London): “Yesterday morning the doctor sent me a message that a few players felt not well, with a stomach problem, vomiting and also a fever.
“Deki didn’t have a training session, Gollini & Hugo, also Winksy. Despite this, we faced the game in the right way.”
He added: “Hugo had a fever but it was strange that this type of situation for Hugo and also Gollini, but no chance to miss an important game for Hugo and for Gollo.
“They showed to be very professional, to understand very well the moment, the importance of the moment and the players for sure not in 100% the physical condition at the top but Hugo is our captain and I think that never never he wanted to miss this game.”
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Thankfully the players seemed to have recovered well from this bug as they all made the match-day squad to face Burnley, with Lloris and Kulusevski both getting minutes.
Luckily it didn’t seem to be too bad with only a small handful of players being affected, but there could have been a big problem if it had ripped through the team.
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