Tottenham injury latest and return dates - Kulusevski, Romero, Van de Ven, Richarlison and Odobert

Ange Postecoglou has a flurry of injury concerns within his Tottenham Hotspur squad right now as they prepare to face Manchester City on Saturday.

The Spurs boss currently has a list of injured or ill players unavailable to face Pep Guardiola's side and has lost Rodrigo Bentancur to a seven-game suspension. The international break has not been kind to the north London side with another addition to the treatment room as well as a scare.

Here's a look at all of Tottenham's injury news and when they are expected to return to action for Postecoglou in the weeks or months ahead.

Dejan Kulusevski

Let's start with a positive one before we dive into the pain. Plenty of Tottenham fans were worried when Dejan Kulusevski ended a great performance for Sweden against Azerbaijan in midweek by falling to the floor in agony with a shoulder problem that has been causing him problems in recent games for the club.

It's been a recurring problem and Spurs supporters have been concerned that the in-form Swede would not make the trip to the Etihad Stadium, a place he's had a lot of joy in, but there was some positive news when football.london asked Postecoglou on Friday about Kulusevski.

"No, it's nothing major and actually he's improved since he went away," he said. "Coming back today he actually feels better, it's just he's had a couple of significant knocks all in the same area in the last couple of weeks, but nothing permanent or major that needs any attention."

Return date: Fit to face Manchester City.

Cristian Romero

The Spurs vice-captain was back to face Ipswich after suffering a toe injury in the win against Aston Villa, but then went off at half-time in Argentina's defeat in Paraguay last week with pain in the same foot. He missed his country's second game and then became a father for a second time days later when his wife gave birth to a little girl named Lucy.

Postecoglou gave an update on Romero on Friday afternoon, saying: "Romero won’t be right for tomorrow’s game. We are hoping he will be right for next week."

Return date: Potentially either the game against Roma or next weekend's game vs Fulham judging by Postecoglou's comments.

Micky van de Ven

The Dutchman has been out since feeling pain in his hamstring in the Carabao Cup win against Manchester City. Postecoglou gave an update this week stating that Van de Ven is training outside on the grass again and the Spurs boss hopes the young centre-back will be back in action in mid-December with the team.

He also told football.london on Friday: "You try to treat it as it is. We'll get the advice from the medical team and the people working with him. I think there's always a natural cautiousness with somebody who has a reoccurring problem but at the same time you don't want to treat him with too many kid gloves around him because otherwise he's still go to go out there and play at some point. But it's fair to say we're taking all the appropriate steps and Micky will be a good judge of that as well and where he's at."

Return date: Mid-December.

Richarlison

The Brazilian has had a nightmare with injuries since joining Spurs and this season has been no different. The club had been taking it carefully with him, only for Richarlison to badly injure his hamstring while setting up Dominic Solanke's goal against Aston Villa.

Postecoglou has called it a "significant injury" and when speaking to football.london on Friday said that "Richy hopefully will be back in the new year but similar to Micky we just need to be careful every step of the way".

Return date: In the new year.

Wilson Odobert

The 19-year-old French winger has played just 162 minutes in the Premier League this season after suffering a hamstring injury against Coventry in the Carabao Cup in September. Odobert returned to action in the final few minutes of the Europa League game against AZ Alkmaar in late October only to suffer another problem.

On Saturday, Odobert posted a photo from a bed at The Princess Grace Hospital in Marylebone, London along with the caption 'Thanks God'. The club then confirmed the following day that he "underwent surgery to his right hamstring. The 19-year-old will continue to be closely monitored by our medical team to determine when he can return to training".

Postecoglou told football.london on Friday that "obviously Wilson will be out for a fair chunk of the season".

Return date: In 2025.

Mikey Moore

The 17-year-old attacking midfielder was flying for Spurs and then got laid low this month by a nasty virus. It knocked Moore for six and meant he missed a couple of matches. His head coach confirmed on Friday that he was still not right yet to return to be in the squad to face City.

football.london asked Postecoglou about the talented teenager and whether he had been really hit hard by the virus.

"Yeah he was and because he's young as well, we just need to be careful with these things. He's back up and about, back in the building and everything, but we'll take our time with him," said the Australian.

Return date: As long as he needs to feel 100% again.

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