Team news ahead of Villa - Cuti available again after World Cup triumph
Fri 30 December 2022, 14:10|
Tottenham Hotspur
World Cup winner Cristian Romero is available for our Premier League clash against Villa on New Year's Day (2pm).
However, Rodrigo Bentancur remains sidelined with the injury he sustained playing for Uruguay against Ghana in the World Cup on 2 December.
'Cuti' has returned from Argentina's triumph in Qatar and trained with the squad this week.
"Cristian Romero is back and available," said Antonio in his pre-match press conference after training on Friday. "And from what I've seen in the last few days in our training sessions, he has great focus and great desire to come back and play with us."
On Rodrigo, Antonio added: "Rodrigo Bentancur, we have to wait, maybe today he's going to have an MRI evaluation about his injury but, for sure, against Aston Villa, he's not available."
Richarlison also remains out with the hamstring injury he suffered in Brazil's World Cup loss against Croatia.
