Antonio Conte has confirmed that Lucas Moura will return for Tottenham after the international break. Not featuring in a matchday squad since last month's 1-0 win over Wolves, the Brazilian has been on the sidelines due to inflammation in his tendon.
Absent at Hotspur Way with the rest of the squad training on Monday morning ahead of their Champions League tie, the Spurs boss has claimed that his player's recovery is "going well" but he will not be available for this week's games against Sporting CP and Leicester City.
"Only Lucas Moura is still out. His recovery is going well but I think we'll see him after the international break. The others are all available," said the Italian when speaking to the media.
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The absence of Lucas has limited Conte's attacking options but he does still have a huge headache on his hands with Harry Kane, Son Heung-min, Dejan Kulusevski and Richarlison to pick from. Son has struggled for form this season and that has resulted in questions over his place in the team, with Richarlison impressing.
So could Son be set for a spell out of the team at some point soon? That was put to Conte during his pre-match press conference in Lisbon.
"I think when you try to build something important, with ambition and try to be competitive and win, you have to change old habits, otherwise you stay in balance and you don't want to have ambition," explained Conte. "For this reason all the players have to accept that rotation is part of this aspect.
"We have four players [up front] and it's very difficult right now to drop one. I have to take the best decision, sometimes for the players. Sometimes it's better to come in for 20-30 minutes for them.
"I'm here to change the habit. The habit was that the players were used to playing all the time. Big clubs have a big squad. At the moment we don't have a big squad but we have just started this process."
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