Tottenham Hotspur supervisor Antonio Conte is “not really happy” that the Premier League will resume simply eight days after the World Cup and hinted he may relaxation gamers for the Boxing Day match at Brentford.
Of the 12 Tottenham gamers who performed in Qatar, Conte has dominated out of Monday’s sport, France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris and Argentina’s Cristian Romero, who performed in final Sunday’s last.
“It’s a strange situation and to be honest, to be playing so soon, only a week after the World Cup, I’m really not happy,” Conte stated in feedback revealed in British media on Sunday.
“It is not possible to provide them a number of relaxation and definitely with gamers who have not performed the World Cup and we work for 4 weeks … Now they’re at a stage which is healthier than the gamers who completed the World Cup.
“For that reason I think I have to make the best decision for the game against Brentford,” Conte stated, including that for the time being the gamers getting back from the World Cup are “not on top”.
Rodrigo Bentancur will miss the sport by way of suspension however can also be battling a hamstring downside, whereas Richardson can be out for 3 to 4 weeks with a hamstring harm he picked up whereas taking part in for Brazil on the World Cup.
Conte stated Lucas Moura is “struggling” with a tendon difficulty.
“It is a difficult situation because I have a good player in my team but he is never available. It is like you don’t have that,” he stated.
Tottenham are fourth within the desk with 29 factors after 15 matches, eight behind Arsenal who’ve a sport in hand
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
