Team news | Man Utd vs Spurs | Update on Romero and Maddison

Ange Postecoglou has delivered an update on the progress of James Maddison and Cristian Romero as they continue their recoveries from injury.

Our two vice-captains, James has been out of action since picking up an injury against Chelsea in November while Cristian has been unavailable since late December after he suffered an injury in our 2-1 win over Everton.

However, despite their progress in their rehabilitation from those injuries, Ange has confirmed that this Sunday's trip to Manchester United will come too soon for both of them with our number 10 still working in his own individual sessions while Cuti has just rejoined the first team squad sessions this week.

"Madders - no. He is still training individually," Ange confirmed. "Cuti has just joined back in with the team so fair to say he's kind of the next one to sort to get close to being a part of it."

The pair are two of a group of four long-term absentees with both Ivan Perisic and Manor Solomon also remaining sidelined. Captain Heung-Min Son (Asian Cup) and Pape Matar Sarr and Yves Bissouma (Africa Cup of Nations) are all also unavailable for the United clash as they away on international duty.