Ange Postecoglu on Spurs injury crisis

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglu on the injury crisis ahead of their Premier League clash with Newcastle Hotspur Way, London, UK

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00:00Six days off, have you had a chance to give everybody a little bit of time, space, quiet time, reflection, recovery?

00:09What have you done?

00:10Yeah, the main driver in that was recovery more than anything else.

00:15We've obviously been on a fairly lengthy cycle of games every two to three days.

00:24So, yeah, give the guys a couple of days off and then get back into it.

00:29And has it helped get anybody fit and available for the weekend?

00:33No, unfortunately not.

00:34So, I guess Destiny, obviously, with his hamstring, it looks around sort of six-week mark for him missing.

00:44We obviously would lose Benton Core, suspended.

00:50None of the injured ones are kind of back yet.

00:54We've had a bit of an illness bug running through the squad as well.

00:57So, a few are missing training, but that's all right.

01:01We'll be right.

01:02Will the illness sort of strike the numbers for tomorrow?

01:06Are you going to lose any more because of the illness tomorrow?

01:08I'm not sure yet. We'll see.

01:10And in terms of the comeback of when the others might be available, is it still the schedule you've talked?

01:14There's no setbacks?

01:17Yeah, at this stage, Richie and Mikey, more of the two next sort of cabs off the rank, hopefully next week at some point.

01:26And then sort of Ben, Mickie, Van Der Veen and Romero, all kind of around the same time, sort of back end of January.

01:35They're all sort of slated to return.