Tottenham dealt another devastating blow with Dominic Solanke ruled out for SIX WEEKS with knee injury worse than feared

DOMINIC SOLANKE has been ruled retired for “six weeks” with his genu wounded worse than archetypal feared.

The England striker, 27, twisted it portion taking a changeable connected his ain successful grooming connected Saturday.

Ange Postecoglou had initially expected the stroke to regularisation the guardant retired for “a fewer weeks” - but that has present been upgraded to a period and a half.

It puts Solanke successful a race against clip to beryllium acceptable for the Carabao Cup last connected March 16, which Tottenham volition beryllium competing successful if they tin spot disconnected Arne Slot’s mighty Liverpool.

He volition decidedly miss the 2nd limb of their semi-final astatine Anfield connected February 6, into which Spurs instrumentality a 1-0 pb acknowledgment to Lucas Bergvall’s extremity which Solanke acceptable up successful the archetypal tie.

Postecoglou said: “With Dom, the accusation present is that we are looking astatine astir the six-week mark. No surgery.

“Maybe we tin get him backmost a small spot earlier, conscionable spot however helium progresses. But astatine this signifier it’s saying astir six weeks.”

Six weeks from erstwhile the wounded was sustained would instrumentality him until March 1.

That clip framework would spot the striker miss astatine slightest 8 matches.

They see Premier League games against Leicester, Brentford, Manchester United, Ipswich and Manchester City.

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The Carabao Cup semi against Liverpool, an FA Cup fourth-round astatine Aston Villa and next week’s Europa League necktie against Elfsborg instrumentality spot successful that play excessively - positive some play-offs if Spurs someway fail to decorativeness successful the apical 8 of the European table.

Solanke was the astir costly Premier League signing this summer aft joining from Bournemouth for £65million.

The club-record bargain has 11 goals successful 29 appearances, earning an England callback with his industrious displays.

Solanke was 1 of FOURTEEN players missing for Spurs, owed to wounded oregon ineligibility, for the 3-2 triumph astatine Hoffenheim successful the Europa League.

It enactment the North Londoners into 4th spot, 1 constituent wide of United successful ninth.

A Son Heung-min treble and an aboriginal James Maddison onslaught did the business, with the hosts netting done Anton Stach and sub David Mokwa.

Boss Postecoglou added: “I could not talk highly capable of the players carrying america through. They volition get immoderate assistance hopefully soon with immoderate players coming back.

“We are successful a existent bully presumption successful Europe. Get to the knockout rounds home and away, get our players backmost and we volition backmost ourselves against anyone.

“The information that these guys person got america to this presumption — Madders and each the players that person carried america done — recognition to them.”