Ange Postecoglou drops early Liverpool team news hint as Tottenham suffer injury blow
Ange Postecoglou has revealed that Kevin Danso will be involved for Tottenham Hotspur against Liverpool on Thursday night. However, defender Micky van de Ven is set to miss the game at Anfield.
Spurs travel to Merseyside with a 1-0 lead from the first-leg after Lucas Bergvall scored in the second-half. Since then, however, Postecoglou’s side have struggled for form, but they did beat Brentford in the Premier League last time out.
And asked directly if Danso will play, Postecoglou said: “He will play. Whether he starts or not, we will take a look because we have another game three days later, and that has been our existence for quite a while now.
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“You are right, Ben (Davies), Archie, Pedro (Porro) has played every minute of football we have had for the last three months, but the boys are handling it okay, and the performances are still stacking up.
“It’s great to get Kevin in. He is ready to play. Whether he starts or he comes on, we will make a decision. It’s really important he is part of it now because losing Radu was a massive blow, so having him available is good.”
Postecoglou also confirmed that Van de Ven will not feature for his side at Anfield. The Dutchman made his return to the Spurs team one week ago at home against Elfsborg and played the first half of the 3-0 win before making way in a pre-planned half-time change.
However, he did not feature in the win over Brentford on Sunday. Providing an injury update on Wednesday, Postecoglou said: "For availability from last week, everyone fine. Kevin and Mathys are both available and have trained. The rest of them, no one available for tomorrow.
"With Micky and Romero to a certain extent, it's about being conservative with them. "Micky got through the 45 minutes, but he feels he's not ready yet for the step up to the Premier League yet.
"Obviously a big shame to lose Radu." When pressed if Van de Ven has a fitness issue or some discomfort still, the Spurs boss replied: "It’s a bit of everything. "
"He got through the game no problem but had a look at stats, Premier League is a whole different beast, and after losing Radu, I thought what we had ahead of us. "Don’t get me wrong, we have some big games ahead but also afforded ourselves a couple of clear weeks.
"Hopefully we’re in final of Carabao Cup, hopefully we’re still in FA Cup, and I don’t see sense of us risking it. "Having Kevin in is a massive bonus, and he hasn’t reinjured, but he feels he needs to get more into him. Same with Romero."