Postecoglou can see ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ amid Tottenham injury crisis

Tottenham head coach Ange Postecoglou says he can finally see the end of his team’s injury crisis as key players begin to return.

Cristian Romero was seen in training on Thursday and Rodrigo Bentancur returned against Hoffenheim in the Europa League after being out with a concussion.

Micky Van de Ven is expected to return next week, while Destiny Udogie and Guglielmo Vicario should be available in early February.

Spurs have been reduced to The Barebones in recent weeks, with just 14 senior players available for their game on Thursday night.

And although there has been another big blow with the loss of Dominic Solanke, Postecoglou remains positive that he can get his players back and make some additions before the transfer window closes.

Speaking ahead of Sunday’s clash with Leicester, he said: “We should have light at the end of the tunnel in a couple of weeks, it’s not that serious, but at the same time there’s always a chance that before those guys come back we could lose a couple of these guys (current fit players).

“That’s always the challenging part, that’s what we’re going through.

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“It’s been two months of hard routine for the players, just trying to support them as much as we can. Our schedule is not going to relax at all.

“The resilience and determination of the players to go out and perform is fantastic for me, I couldn’t be more proud of them.

“We will benefit from the growth of our younger players, but we have to be careful with them, we can’t ask 18-year-olds to keep coming in and out.

“I thought Archie (Gray) being out of position was great, Lucas (Bergvall) worked his socks for time and Mikey (Moore) got an assist.

“So there is no doubt that we will benefit from these players for many years, they have had a difficult start to their careers. I think it’s very positive.”

On the transfers, he added: “All those things are known, nothing has changed in the last 24 hours.

“We knew with Dom probably a few days ago, he had a press conference in the meantime, so all these things are known.”