Antonio Conte has stated that Ryan Sessegnon and Yves Bissouma won't be ready to return to match action immediately after the international break. Having the luxury of a fully-fit squad for the win over Man City at the start of February, Tottenham were then hit by injuries to four players in the space of six days.
Firstly seeing goalkeeper Hugo Lloris pick up a knee injury late on in the win over the Premier League champions, it was confirmed a couple of days later that Bissouma would have to undergo surgery to repair a stress fracture to his left ankle. The bad news kept on coming for Spurs as Sessegnon missed out at Leicester City due to a hamstring injury, with Rodrigo Bentancur then sustaining a season-ending injury in the 4-1 humbling after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.
Without Bentancur for the remainder of the season, all connected with Tottenham will be hoping that Lloris, Sessegnon and Bissouma are back sooner rather than later to help in their top-four quest. Now with domestic football set to go on a short pause for the first international break of 2023, Conte opened up on the injured players when asked if any of them could use the next fortnight to get closer to fitness and if we are closer to seeing them back in action.
