Premier League ban Tottenham Hotspur star from playing vs Newcastle United - eight players out
Tottenham Hotspur will be without several first-team players for their Premier League clash against Newcastle United on January 4.
Spurs were held to a 2-2 draw at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday afternoon following a late equaliser from Jorgen Strand Larsen. As well as dropping two points, they have lost two players for the visit of Newcastle next weekend.
In the 50th minute, left-back Destiny Udogie was forced off with a hamstring injury.
Yeah, I think it was a hamstring,” Postecoglu said. “Again like I said, we've been relying on a core group of players because we just haven't had the ability to rotate so at some point it was going to catch up with us. Unfortunately it caught up with Destiny.”
Then in stoppage time, midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur picked up his fifth yellow card of the campaign in stoppage time. As per Premier League rules, any player who is cautioned five times in their team’s opening 19 matches is automatically handed a one-match ban.
Spurs are already without a host of first-team players, including first choice centre-backs Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven. Ben Davies is also sidelined, forcing 18-year-old Archie Gray to deputise alongside Radu Dragusin.
Former Newcastle goalkeeper Fraser Foster is also in between the sticks with Guglielmo Vicario injured for the foreseeable. In attack, Spurs have been without Richarlison and Wilson Odobert.
Spurs currently sit 11th in the Premier League but before their visit to North London, Newcastle face Manchester United on Monday night.