Ange Postecoglou explains why Micky van de Ven missed Tottenham’s clash at Brentford

Micky van de Ven missed Tottenham’s Premier League clash astatine Brentford connected Sunday – but Ange Postecoglou says helium hasn’t suffered a caller injury.

Spurs instrumentality connected the Bees astatine the G-tech Community Stadium successful hopeless request of a triumph having picked up conscionable 1 constituent from their past 7 league games.

It’ll beryllium a pugnacious task against Brentford who boast 1 of the champion location records successful the top-flight this season, truthful Spurs fans were delighted erstwhile Van de Ven returned from wounded a fewer days ago.

The centre-back played 45 minutes of the Europa League triumph implicit Elfsborg connected Thursday nighttime and was expected to commencement connected Sunday.

But erstwhile the lineups were announced, the Dutchman’s sanction was obscurity to beryllium seen, starring to fears that he’d sustained yet different achy hamstring injury.

That would beryllium particularly atrocious quality with Spurs acceptable to instrumentality connected Liverpool this Thursday successful the 2nd limb of their Carabao Cup semi-final.

After that they look Aston Villa successful the FA Cup and Manchester United successful the Premier League.

Thankfully for Tottenham, that does not look to beryllium the case, with Postecoglou revealing that Van de Ven is conscionable being rested for this match.

‘We’re conscionable trying to negociate his minutes,’ the Australian manager said up of kick-off.

‘It is simply a speedy turnaround and I spoke with the aesculapian squad and Micky to springiness him different week of grooming to beryllium acceptable successful different week.’

With Cristian Romero and Radu Dragusin besides sidelined, Spurs’ person been forced to erstwhile again play left-back Ben Davies and young midfielder Archie Gray arsenic their centre-back pairing.

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