Tottenham injury news: Postecoglou set to welcome back SIX players against Manchester United including Vicario and Maddison

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou has been handed a huge boost with six players set to return ahead of Sunday’s game against Manchester United.

After having 11 players missing for last Sunday’s FA Cup exit at Aston Villa, Spurs will have goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario and midfielder James Maddison available once again, with Desiny Udogie, Brennan Johnson and Wilson Odobert also returning to action.

Postecoglou said: “It has been a good week in terms of the health and well-being of the men I look after. The guys who have been playing have benefited a fair bit.

“Yes, on the injury front it is good to have players back because it raises the quality of our training. [Guglielmo] Vicario, yes. Trained really well.

“James Maddison is good to go. We’ve had Destiny [Udogie], Wilson [Odobert] and Brennan [Johnson] training with the group. They are in a good place.”

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‘It has been tough without Vicario’

Italy goalkeeper Vicario has not played since fracturing his ankle against Manchester City in November, with Postecoglou using three different goalkeepers during that time.

January signing Antonin Kinsky endured a difficult afternoon at Villa, with Fraser Forster and Brandon Austin also struggling in Vicario’s absence.

“Vic, he is an outstanding goalkeeper. He is such a presence amongst the boys. He really gets everyone going.

“It has been tough without him because we’ve used three other goalkeepers. They’ve all contributed, none of them have let us down. Vic is experienced.

“Maddison, as well, has enormous self-belief and that filters through the team. He can start. It has been a shorter one, Destiny, we’ll see. I want to get to a space when we have a midweeker when Destiny, Wilson and Timo [Werner] at a stretch can all play minutes.”

Van de Ven return imminent, Romero

Postecoglou said defender Mickey van de Ven is also close to returning and they are waiting for news on centre-back partner Cristian Romero’s fitness.

The Australian boss added: “With Micky [van de Ven], we made a decision and the catalyst with that is about looking beyond the injury about how we can get him into a good space.

“He is working with people on the mechanics of him. He is in a good space, training and feels really good. His return is imminent but we want to get it right.

“With [Cristian] Romero, it has been a healing issue. The injury hasn’t healed as quickly as we would have liked. We could have pushed him but we are just waiting. Depending on what happens, his return could be imminent as well.

“I’m not a doctor. There’s a barrier you can’t cross when talking injuries or medical. Both are training, in different places of their recovery.”