Mauricio Pochettino’s Press Conference: Sunderland vs Tottenham
Mauricio Pochettino spoke to the media to discuss Tottenham’s injuries, a pair of good performances from Cameron Carter-Vickers and Vincent Janssen and previewing Sunderland.
Only two days removed from an unbelievable 4-3 come from behind win over Wycombe Wanderers, Mauricio Pochettino must quickly turn his attention to a Premier League fixture at the Stadium of Light against Sunderland on Tuesday.
A portion of the Argentine manager’s press conference focused on the status of his players’ health. Who’s fit and who’s unable to play.
As well as the performances of Cameron Carter-Vickers and Vincent Janssen, before finally previewing the match-up with Sunderland.
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After making nine changes to his starting lineup to rest key starters and injured players over the weekend, Mauricio Pochettino will be expected to field a strong unit tomorrow night.
Harry Kane, Toby Alderweireld and Danny Rose are all set to make their return after sitting out Saturday’s fourth round FA Cup tie nursing minor knocks.
While Jan Vertonghen and Érik Lamela are just starting to run again. As for Kieran Trippier, he has a minor hip problem but nothing too serious.
Lastly, Georges-Kévin N’Koudou who was making his second-ever start for Spurs saw his day end early against Wycombe due to a knee injury. The severity is unknown at this time.
“Yes, they trained well this morning and they will be available for tomorrow,” Pochettino said when asked on the availability of Kane, Alderweireld and Rose.
“Harry is okay, he’s training well today and is available for tomorrow. Toby is the same and Danny as well.”
“Jan has started to run, we’re happy and positive but the timing is the same as we said before, a few weeks.”
“We need to be cautious with Érik. He’s positive and has started to run a little but we need to assess him day by day.”
“We have a few issues – Kieran Trippier got a knock to his hip during the FA Cup game and he needs a few days more but it’s not a big problem, it was only a knock and in a few days he will be available again.”
“Then GK N’Koudou, in the first half, got a knock to his knee and this afternoon he is going to have a scan to see [what the issue is] but we hope that it’s not a big problem.”