Antonio Conte will have to make do without Richarlison for Saturday evening's FA Cup fourth round tie against Preston North End. The Brazilian, who recently returned from a hamstring injury sustained at the World Cup, has not made the trip to Lancashire for their cup tie against the Championship outfit.
There was plenty of speculation regarding Richarlison's place in the Tottenham squad ahead of the game as he was spotted watching Lucas Moura in action for Spurs' Under-21s on Friday evening when the squad had already made the trip up north. Speaking to the media ahead of the game, assistant head coach Cristian Stellini opened up on the summer addition's absence and revealed that "it's not a big problem".
"Richarlison is not available today, it’s not a big problem, so we have only to wait some days," explained the Italian.
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As well as Richarlison not featuring in the matchday squad, Hugo Lloris, Cristian Romero, Djed Spence and Pape Matar Sarr are also absent for the encounter at Deepdale. Following Monday's 1-0 win at Fulham, Conte has made a total of seven changes to his starting XI, with the likes of Eric Dier, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Harry Kane dropping down to the bench.
New signing Arnaut Danjuma has been included on the substitutes' bench after his loan switch from Villarreal. The Netherlands international gives Conte plenty of options in attack due to his versatility.
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