A loan move away from Tottenham for Oliver Skipp is considered unlikely at this stage as Pape Matar Sarr deals with an injury, football.london understands.
Antonio Conte had rotated the two young midfielders with starts before Rodrigo Bentancur's return to injury with the Italian taking a real shine to Sarr after the 20-year-old Senegal international returned early from his World Cup break to work with the Tottenham coaching staff.
That resulted in him getting plenty of game time and his full Premier League debut as Conte threw him into this month's North London Derby.
