Tottenham news: Postecoglou gives Richarlison, Udogie injury update

Tottenham guardant Richarlison and defender Destiny Udogie stay retired done injuries but are “working hard” to return to first-team contention, head Ange Postecoglou has said.

Brazil world Richarlison and Italy’s Udogie missed their countries’ campaigns astatine nan 2024 Copa America and Euro 2024, though they are portion of Spurs’ pre-season circuit of Japan and Korea.

A calf rumor kept Richarlison retired of Tottenham’s last 3 games of 2023/24 arsenic portion of a tally of only 1 quality for much than 29 minutes successful their closing 13 matches for nan 27-year-old.

“It’s been good, nan boys person been moving difficult and it’s an important portion of nan twelvemonth for us.” 🙌

Ange previews Saturday’s fixture against @visselkobe astatine nan Japan National Stadium 🇯🇵 pic.twitter.com/obxOMreyRN

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Udogie had room connected his near quad successful April, missing a run-in which saw Spurs cod six points from a imaginable 18.

“They’re moving difficult connected their individual programmes to get back,” Postecoglou told Spursplay of nan duo, adding that he had not expected either to beryllium disposable against Vissel Kobe astatine nan Japan National Stadium connected Saturday (11am BST).

Left-back Udogie, 21, established himself arsenic 1 of nan stars of Tottenham’s fantabulous early shape during Postecoglou’s first play successful charge, starting their first 9 games and contributing 2 assists.

It’s clip for unfastened training successful Tokyo 🇯🇵 pic.twitter.com/mMe3fVRrXM

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Richarlison scored 9 times arsenic Tottenham mislaid erstwhile successful 9 matches betwixt nan commencement of December and early February, adding a extremity and assistance successful his astir caller quality against Liverpool connected May 5.

Postecoglou reported a cleanable measure of wellness elsewhere crossed his squad and praised defender Ben Davies, who has returned to afloat training and celebrated his 10th twelvemonth astatine nan nine aft Spurs arrived successful Japan.

“To enactment astatine a large nine for that agelong pinch different managers – we’ve each sewage our ain ideas and our ain views connected nan game, but he’s been a changeless done that,” observed nan Australian.

Training successful Tokyo 💪 pic.twitter.com/F4Uy5plqLZ

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“Any head tin spot nan qualities he has: he useful difficult successful training, he’s a competitor and a really beardown voice. Every nine needs group and players for illustration Ben and that hasn’t waned successful him.

“He was injured for a small while, came backmost to training this week and you tin already consciousness his beingness astir nan place. It’s a in installments to him that he’s clocked up 10 years here, and hopefully nan champion are yet to come.”

Tottenham caput to nan Seoul World Cup Stadium for matches against a K-League XI connected July 31 and Bayern Munich connected August 3 (both 12pm).