Tottenham: Yves Bissouma vying for Spurs return but Wilson Odobert facing spell on sidelines

Teenage winger Odobert, a somewhat astonishment £25million signing from relegated Burnley past month, had settled rapidly into beingness astatine Spurs, starting 3 of the club’s archetypal 5 matches crossed each competitions this season.

However, helium was taken disconnected aft conscionable 18 minutes of Wednesday night’s melodramatic Carabao Cup third-round necktie against Championship broadside Coventry, going down clutching his close hamstring and receiving physio attraction connected the transportation earlier being replaced by eventual last-gasp match-winner Brennan Johnson.

"Wilson, it doesn’t look good,” Postecoglou told reporters astatine his pre-Brentford property conference. “It’s his hamstring. We’re inactive waiting for it to settee down with each the information, but he’ll decidedly beryllium retired for the adjacent period.”

While Odobert faces an undetermined play connected the sidelines, Tottenham are expected to person Bissouma acceptable aft the midfielder missed past weekend’s 3rd consecutive location northbound London derby decision by Arsenal and the consequent cupful travel to Coventry with an contented picked up portion distant connected planetary work with Mali.

RB Leipzig loanee Werner, meanwhile, besides appears to person shaken disconnected a sound that forced him disconnected precocious pursuing an underwhelming show successful midweek.

“Bissouma trained contiguous truthful should beryllium disposable for tomorrow. Timo recovered okay,” Postecoglou said.

He added that Bissouma should beryllium acceptable to commencement if available, saying of the erstwhile Brighton star: “He trained afloat today. It is his archetypal session. If he’s available, he’s available.”

Along with Odobert, Tottenham volition stay without Richarlison, who is not adjacent to returning from an wounded picked up successful grooming up of the decision astatine Newcastle earlier this month.

"He is simply a just mode off,” Postecoglou said of the Brazilian forward. “I deliberation you should halt asking maine astir him until I accidental I’ve got an update. He’s inactive not grooming with the archetypal team.”