Postecoglou clears up whether Destiny Udogie picked up an injury vs Coventry
Ange Postecoglou confirms that Destiny Udogie’s substitution at half-time against Coventry City was not injury-related.
Tottenham’s injury list
Tottenham are already without Richarlison at the moment and the Lilywhites also lost Wilson Odobert to an injury in the first-half Carabao Cup Third Round clash on Wednesday.
Udogie was also replaced by Djed Spence at half-time, which led to some worries from fans that the Italian might have also picked up a knock.
Spence delivered an excellent display in the second period, once again demonstrating that he can play on the left side of the pitch and has the technical quality to operate as an inverted full-back.
The Englishman started and finished the move that led to Tottenham’s equaliser in the 88th minute, thus sending a clear message to Postecoglou after the Spurs boss left him out of the Europa League squad.
No injury for Destiny Udogie
The Australian confirmed that the plan on Wednesday was to always split the minutes between Udogie and Spence.
When asked if the former Udinese man is okay, Postecoglou told Football.London: “Yeah, it was always the plan for him to play 45 tonight.
“He missed a lot of pre-season so it is a balancing act with him to get us some game time because he is not 100 per cent fit. Tonight it was always the plan to play him 45 and play Djed 45.”
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One can understand why Ange is being quite careful with the minutes he gives certain players as the last thing he needs is a repeat of last season’s injury crisis.
It was just a shame that Udogie happened to be one of Tottenham’s only good players in the first-half against Coventry, but Spence more than came good in the grand scheme of things.
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