Report: Eintracht Frankfurt face potential wing-back headache ahead of Spurs match

Eintracht Frankfurt face a potential selection headache at wing-back ahead of this evening’s Champions League match against Tottenham Hotspur. Right-sided player Ansgar Knauff, who is currently on loan from Borussia Dortmund was rested for Frankfurt’s 3-0 defeat at VfL Bochum at the weekend and had to leave his side’s final training session yesterday ahead of […]

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Eintracht Frankfurt face a potential selection headache at wing-back ahead of this evening’s Champions League match against Tottenham Hotspur.

Right-sided player Ansgar Knauff, who is currently on loan from Borussia Dortmund was rested for Frankfurt’s 3-0 defeat at VfL Bochum at the weekend and had to leave his side’s final training session yesterday ahead of the match (Bild).

Left-back Luca Pellegrini has a shoulder injury (CBS Sports) with BuliNews reporting that the pair have not travelled to London with the rest of Oliver Glasner’s squad.

Kristijan Jakic who did not feature in the second half of the match against VfL Bochum and typically operates as a defensive midfielder could be set to fill the void left by Knauff on the right.

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Tottenham have had injury issues of their own in recent weeks having been without the services of Dejan Kulusevski and Lucas Moura, tonight they need to ensure that they take all three points from the match otherwise they may face a nervous wait in their two remaining Group D matches.

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