{"id":6392,"date":"2022-01-18T12:04:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T17:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/18\/antonio-conte-issues-double-injury-update-for-tottenham-and-pleads-for-transfers\/"},"modified":"2022-01-18T12:04:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T17:04:56","slug":"antonio-conte-issues-double-injury-update-for-tottenham-and-pleads-for-transfers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/18\/antonio-conte-issues-double-injury-update-for-tottenham-and-pleads-for-transfers\/","title":{"rendered":"Antonio Conte issues double injury update for Tottenham and pleads for transfers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Tottenham to take on Leicester City<\/h2>\n<p>Tottenham take on Leicester City at the King Power Stadium on Wednesday evening, after the original meeting was postponed due to COVID-19 cases in both camps.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? \u201cWe know we have to play against a really good team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Antonio previews tomorrow\u2019s clash against Leicester City \u2935\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpursOfficial\/status\/1483456755090735104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Should Spurs continue their unbeaten league run under Antonio Conte and come away from the clash with all three points, they will leapfrog north London rivals Arsenal, which will be ever sweeter given <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/revealed-why-the-premier-league-controversially-decided-to-postpone-arsenals-clash-with-tottenham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent events between the clubs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, it won\u2019t be easy, with Leicester ready to welcome back a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/leicester-city-hit-with-yet-another-injury-blow-but-set-to-welcome-back-seven-players-for-tottenham-clash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">whole host of their first team<\/a> after long absences for the clash.<\/p>\n<h2>Conte issues injury and transfer updates<\/h2>\n<p>Now, ahead of the tie, Antonio Conte spoke about a pair of injuries, and seemingly pleaded for movement in the transfer market.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian coach was quizzed on Cristian Romero, who has been injured since November, and offered a positive update, revealing:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cCristian is improving and he\u2019s working with us. For sure we have to try to respect the right time for his recovery. He had a serious injury. Now he\u2019s very close to coming back with us &amp; being available for games. For sure, after the international break he\u2019ll be available.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Conte: \u201cCristian is improving and he\u2019s working with us. For sure we have to try to respect the right time for his recovery. He had a serious injury. Now he\u2019s very close to coming back with us &amp; being available for games. For sure, after the international break he\u2019ll be available.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alasdair Gold (@AlasdairGold) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlasdairGold\/status\/1483459087090307075?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Steven Bergwijn is another raring to go after an injury setback, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlasdairGold\/status\/1483459088499593222\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">but Eric Dier will still be missing for the Leicester game<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>Bergwijn has recovered from his calf injury and was already in the squad against Arsenal. For Eric [Dier], we have to wait a bit, and also have a bit of patience, and not take a risk.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And, as for the transfer market, Spurs have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/antonio-conte-keen-on-20m-adama-traore-to-solve-his-wing-back-problem-lw6qp0sbc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">linked<\/a> very heavily with Adama Traore, but so far no movement either in or out has occurred on the white side of north London.<\/p>\n<p>Conte is eager for this to change, however. The Italian claimed:<\/p>\n<p><em>I know that the transfer window in January is always very difficult and it is more simple when you start the season to buy important players. In January it is not easy, but at the same time we know very well that if there is the opportunity and also if it\u2019s not the best opportunity, but we need to do something.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Also if I repeat that this could not be the best opportunity but I think that we are in a situation where we have to try to implement the squad because the squad is not so big.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Willing to sacrifice top targets to ensure bodies through the door, will Conte get his wish?<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/leicester-city-hit-with-yet-another-injury-blow-but-set-to-welcome-back-seven-players-for-tottenham-clash\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Leicester City hit with yet another injury blow but set to welcome back seven players for Tottenham clash<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/tottenham-join-arsenal-in-chase-for-adama-traore-alternative\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Tottenham join Arsenal in chase for Adama Traore alternative<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham to take on Leicester City Tottenham take on Leicester City at the King Power Stadium on Wednesday evening, after the original meeting was postponed due to COVID-19 cases in both camps. ? \u201cWe know we have to play against a really good team.\u201d Antonio previews tomorrow\u2019s clash against Leicester City \u2935\ufe0f \u2014 Tottenham Hotspur [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-6392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6392\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}