Antonio Conte has revealed Rodrigo Bentancur seems to be set to return for Tottenham of their New Yr’s Day conflict with Aston Villa after his damage scare on the World Cup.
Bentancur hobbled off within the first half of Uruguay’s last group sport towards Ghana, and there have been fears that he may face an prolonged spell on the sidelines.
Conte has confirmed that it isn’t a critical challenge, although, and he expects Bentancur to be obtainable for choice in the beginning of 2023, whereas he has additionally said that Ben Davies is able to play once more after his exploits with Wales.
Rodrigo Bentancur went off injured in Uruguay’s last group match on the Qatar World Cup
Antonio Conte expects Bentancur to be obtainable for Tottenham after they play on January 1
‘Ben Davies is okay and began to work with us final week. He has recovered,’ Conte advised Tottenham’s official web site.
‘Rodrigo has began to work. I feel that he’ll be good for the sport towards Aston Villa.’
Tottenham followers are more likely to be delighted that Bentancur’s damage is just a minor one because the 25-year-old has been an ever-present within the aspect’s midfield this season.
He was in glorious kind simply earlier than the home season paused, scoring profitable objectives towards Bournemouth and Leeds.
Conte is not sure when Richarlison will return after he picked up a hamstring damage in Qatar
He’s now set to overlook only one league sport, with Spurs on account of journey to Brentford on Boxing Day.
In the meantime, Tottenham are involved that Richarlison might be out for six weeks on account of a hamstring damage he picked up in Brazil’s quarter-final loss towards Croatia.
Nonetheless, Conte has claimed the membership are nonetheless but to search out out the extent of the issue, and can solely know the way lengthy he’s out for after he undergoes an MRI scan on Wednesday.
‘Richy, tomorrow he’ll have an MRI (scan) to know very properly the significance of the damage,’ Conte added. ‘After tomorrow we’ll see very properly the time he must get better.’
