Antonio Conte has revealed that Tottenham ahead Richarlison faces as much as 4 weeks on the sidelines after selecting up a hamstring damage throughout the World Cup.
The 25-year-old suffered the issue in Brazil’s quarter-final defeat in opposition to Croatia, and had to get replaced shortly earlier than the tip of regular time.
There have been preliminary fears that he may very well be dominated out for six weeks, however Conte has offered an extra replace after Richarlison underwent an MRI scan on Wednesday.
Richarlison got here off with a hamstring damage in Brazil’s quarter-final defeat in opposition to Croatia
Antonio Conte has confirmed that Richarlison will probably be sidelined for as much as 4 weeks
‘I spoke with the medical division. They mentioned to me we’d like three or 4 weeks nonetheless,’ Conte mentioned at his press convention on Friday.
Tottenham return to motion on Boxing Day in opposition to Brentford, and Richarlison now appears to be like set to overlook their subsequent three league matches plus their FA Cup conflict with Portsmouth on January 7.
He’s additionally dealing with a race to be match for Spurs’ league video games in opposition to Arsenal and Manchester Metropolis subsequent month.
Tottenham host their north London rivals on January 15, earlier than travelling to play Pep Guardiola’s facet 4 days later.
Richarlison may now miss subsequent month’s video games in opposition to Arsenal and Manchester Metropolis
Having Richarlison out there for these video games in opposition to the Premier League’s present prime two could be a significant enhance for Conte, however it appears to be like set to be a good name as as to whether he will probably be again in time or not.
Richarlison is but to attain within the league for Spurs since his £60m transfer from Everton in the summertime, and he has needed to accept a spot on the bench at instances, with Conte preferring Son Heung-min and Dejan Kulusevski over him.
But he discovered kind on the World Cup for Brazil, netting thrice throughout the course of the event.
His standout second arrived within the opening sport when he scored a spectacular scissor-kick purpose in opposition to Serbia to seal a 2-0 win.
