Tottenham star confirms huge injury boost before Bodo/Glimt Europa League semi-final clash

Ange Postecoglou has finally received a positive Tottenham injury update having recently lost four players to very different issues. Club captain Son Heung-min was the first key player to pick up an issue with that, having seen him miss the last five games.

Richarlison and Mathys Tel have deputised in his absence, but further attacking worries have arrived. During the Europa League semi-final first leg triumph over Bodo/Glimt, both

The latter's problem immediately appeared far more serious, with Postecoglou confirming as such after the draw with West Ham United. "No, it doesn't look great, but we're just waiting for further information,"

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"We'll just wait and see. Hopefully we'll probably get some clarity tomorrow. It's fair to say it doesn't look promising, but I'll just wait and see."

"Dom's improving," the Tottenham boss later revealed. "We obviously left him out today, but the medical team are pretty confident he should be right for Thursday." And Postecoglou's early assessment looks to have been proven right, judging by the Spurs head coach's latest admission.

"Madders from the first leg," "So he's out. He'll miss the rest of this season and disappointing for him. I'm disappointed for him because he's been a real catalyst for us.

He'll miss out but that's been the story of our season. Everyone else from the first leg has travelled and they're ready to go. Dom is fine and ready to go, he's trained with the team."

With Solanke back, that is at least one positive but that has been outweighed by negatives with Lucas Bergvall also unavailable after suffering an injury.

The young Swede then spotted pitch side on crutches and in a protective boo after tweaking his ankle in training. "With Lucas, it looks like the injury is significant enough to probably keep him out now for the rest of the season. He tweaked his ligaments in his ankle, so he is out," Postecoglou admitted.

The only other Tottenham player currently missing due to injury is Radu Dragusin after he damaged his ACL back in January. Despite undergoing surgery and not being expected back until later this year, the Romania international's recovery is going very well.

In an update posted to , Dragusin is captured running on the grass at Hotspur Way. He captioned the video: "Today was a good day. Running again, that feelings hits different. 12 weeks post-op."

Given the severity of the issue, it is currently unclear whether or not his return date will be fast-tracked, but it is good to see him on the mend after suffering such a bad injury.