Joao Pedro injury latest: Fabian Hurzeler gives update on Brighton striker before Tottenham clash

Brighton volition stay without Joao Pedro against Tottenham successful the Premier League this weekend.

The Brazilian guardant sustained a sound portion distant connected planetary work past period and sat retired 2 matches earlier returning disconnected the seat successful the 2-2 gully with Nottingham Forest, wherever helium was wounded again pursuing a lunging situation from Morgan Gibbs-White that led to chaos astatine the Amex Stadium with the England midfielder yet sent disconnected on with some managers Nuno Espirito Santo and Fabian Hurzeler.

Pedro sat retired past weekend’s 4-2 decision astatine Chelsea that saw Cole Palmer go the archetypal subordinate successful Premier League past to people 4 times successful the archetypal fractional of a match, having sustained an ankle wounded and been seen utilizing crutches aft the game.

Hurzeler said earlier the travel to Stamford Bridge that helium was unsure however agelong Brighton would beryllium without the erstwhile Watford star, but insisted helium was a accelerated healer and antecedently returned from an contented suffered successful pre-season overmuch quicker than expected.

But immoderate faint hopes that helium could person immoderate engagement erstwhile the Seagulls big Tottenham connected Sunday person present been extinguished by Hurzeler, though semipermanent absentee Solly March could diagnostic for the archetypal clip successful astir a twelvemonth having recovered from a superior genu injury.

Joel Veltman, Brajan Gruda and James Milner should besides beryllium acceptable to look Spurs, though Matt O’Riley and Jan Paul van Hecke are inactive absent and Simon Adingra is besides a doubt.

“Let’s commencement with the affirmative things, Brajan Gruda and Solly March,” Hurzeler told reporters astatine his pre-Tottenham property league connected Friday morning.

“They trained, they trained truly bully this week. They mightiness beryllium an enactment for the weekend. The semipermanent injuries for Matt O’Riley, Joao Pedro, JP [Van Hecke] and I’m forgetting someone... James Milner. But helium is besides an enactment for this weekend.

“There is affirmative and antagonistic news, but successful wide we spot much positives that the players travel back.”