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Cristian Romero Won’t Play For Tottenham Hotspur For Five Weeks
Tottenham Hotspur manager, Ange Postecoglou has confirmed that his team’s centre defender, Cristian Romero, has suffered a hamstring injury.
Due to the injury, the Argentine defender, Cristian Romero, will be sidelined for five weeks which means that he is likely to return to the pitch in mid-February.
The 25-year-old reigning FIFA World Cup winner sustained the injury during Tottenham Hotspur’s 2-1 win over Everton on Saturday.
Ahead of Tottenham Hotspur’s Premier League game against Brighton at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 28, coach Postecoglou said he and his team are disappointed to lose Cristian Romero at this point of the season.
“He had a scan the other day and has got a hamstring strain. We are looking at probably four or five weeks for him”, the Australian tactician said.
Before Romero sustained this injury, he was suspended for three games after receiving a red card in Tottenham’s 4-1 loss to Chelsea in November.
Barely two weeks after serving his three-match suspension, hamstring Injury has forced out the Argentine defender once again.
“We obviously missed him with the suspension and now we’ve just got him back and he steadied things up,” Postecoglou said.
“Now he will be missing again for quite a chunk of time.”
Aside from Cristian Romero, Tottenham Hotspur will go into the Premier League game against Brighton without injured Ryan Sessegnon and Micky van de Ven.
Nigerian-born Italian youngster, Destiny Udogie, will also be sidelined as he is currently serving a suspension.
Spurs are currently sitting in the 4th spot on the league table with 36 points in 18 games, five points below first-placed Liverpool.
Arsenal midfielder, Thomas Partey is set to make a return from injury by the end of January.
Partey has made good progress in his rehabilitation work and will hand the Gunners a timely boost.
The Ghanaian has been plagued with different injuries throughout his time in England and picked up a groin problem at the beginning of the season.
He briefly returned to action in October, but picked up another long-term muscular injury.
Partey was then left out of Ghana’s final squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
However, The Mirror reports that the 30-year-old has shown progress in his rehabilitation work and could return to the first team ahead of their Premier League clash against Nottingham Forest on January 30.
Chelsea’s stance on sacking their manager, Mauricio Pochettino has been revealed.
Pochettino is under significant pressure as head coach at Stamford Bridge due to the club’s not too impressive display this season.
The Argentine recently watched as Middlesbrough defeated the Blues 1-0 in the Carabao Cup semi-final first-leg tie.
His team currently sit in the 10th position on the Premier League table after 20 games this season.
However, according to The Telegraph, Pochettino’s job is safe for now despite their latest defeat to Middlesbrough.
The report added that his position at the west London club is not in jeopardy while Chelsea have a ‘realistic chance’ of qualifying for Europe.
Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro has said his side can’t use the difficult weather condition in Abidjan as an excuse ahead of their opening game at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
The West Africans arrived Abidjan in buoyant mood on Wednesday morning despite losing 2-0 to Guinea in a friendly two days earlier.
The Eagles had a light training session after setting down at their base, the magnificent Pullman Hotel.
Peseiro stated that his team must focus on the task ahead and not allow any form of distraction.
“We cannot give excuses about the weather; we need to put in our focus, adapt well and do our best ahead of the first match, which is very important for us,” he told NFF TV.
The Super Eagles will open their campaign at the 2023 AFCON finals against Equatorial Guinea on Sunday.
They will also face hosts, Cote d’Ivoire and Guinea-Bissau in the group stage.
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