Here is your Tottenham Hotspur morning digest on Friday, December 9.
Hammers join Malinovskyi race
West Ham United have joined the race to sign Spurs target Ruslan Malinovskyi. That's according to French journalist Ignazio Genuardi, via Sport Witness, who claims that Marseille are also monitoring his situation. However, he adds that the Atalanta star would prefer a move to the Premier League.
Pochettino makes Kane and Mbappe comparison
Mauricio Pochettino is the only manager to have coached both Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe. Now, the former Tottenham and Paris Saint-Germain boss has made a major comparison between the two strikers ahead of England's World Cup quarter-final against the reigning world champions, France.
Find out what he had to say here.
Davies injury update
Tottenham defender Ben Davies is a doubt for the return of the Premier League after suffering a painful stomach muscle injury at the World Cup, football.london understands.
A firm favourite of Antonio Conte's, the 29-year-old has started the bulk of Spurs' matches this season but is a doubt for the Boxing Day return of the Premier League due to an injury he suffered in Qatar. The defender had to come off just before the hour mark of Wales' 3-0 defeat to England on November 29.
football.london understands that during the game Davies suffered a painful injury to his oblique muscle, which is located in the abdominal area. The recovery period for the damaged muscle is expected to be up to four weeks and that means he could be a doubt for Tottenham's Premier League return at Brentford on Boxing Day.
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