Guglielmo Vicario fires new two-word injury message as Tottenham crisis laid bare

Tottenham's Guglielmo Vicario has posted a fresh update on the ankle injury he picked up during the Premier League win over Manchester City that required surgery to fix. The Italy international suffered the issue in a clash with Savinho and thus played most of the clash while injured.

Following confirmation of his injury and subsequent operation, Vicario posted an emotional message from hospital. "Sometimes football gives you its highs, and sometimes it challenges you in ways you don’t expect. I played 60 minutes at the Etihad with a broken bone in my ankle, giving absolutely everything I had for the team.

"Unfortunately there was no way around this one.. I needed surgery. I’m disappointed I won’t be able to help the team for a while. A massive thank you to the doctors and the staff. The operation went well, and from tomorrow I’ll be working hard to come back stronger, fitter, and ready to give my all for you again."

With Vicario possibly facing up to 10 weeks out of action, regular updates on his recovery appear likely based on his recent Instagram activity. While reposting messages from teammates, Vicario uploaded a new image to his story showing his foot in a cast with the caption saying, "Day one [Sand timer emoji]."

It appears the goalkeeper has returned to Italy to recover, as he tagged his native country in the update. Alongside Vicario, Richarlison and Wilson Odobert are likely to miss the next few months. Spurs will now be without their first-choice goalkeeper along with both Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero, Postecoglou's favoured centre-back partnership.

When providing the latest on the defensive duo, he said: "Micky van de Ven is still a good couple of weeks away. He is out on the grass and he’s training but we’re hoping by the middle of December, he’s back and involved and playing. Romero won’t be right for tomorrow’s game [vs Man City]. We are hoping he will be right for next week."

Mikey Moore meanwhile has been hit hard by a virus which has kept him out of games either side of the November international break. Other Premier League teams have been dealt worse injury scenarios, but Spurs' issues are very clear with many of them through the spine of the team.

As such, Postecoglou faces a difficult few months to manage the busy fixture schedule with Spurs facing key games in the Premier League and Europa League along with a Carabao Cup quarter-final against Manchester United at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

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