Ange Postecoglou delivers Wilson Odobert injury update ahead of Tottenham v Man City

Ange Postecoglou has revealed that Wilson Odobert has suffered a “serious” setback on his road to recovery for Tottenham.

After being ruled out for over a month due to a hamstring injury, the 19-year-old returned to action in Spurs’ 1-0 UEFA Europa League win against AZ Alkmaar last Thursday (24 October), coming on as an 88th-minute substitute for Mikey Moore.

However, he was nowhere to be seen when the North London club announced their squad to face Crystal Palace in the Premier League at Selhurst Park on Sunday (27 October).

Postecoglou has now revealed that Odobert has had a “setback” and will not be available for Tottenham’s EFL Round of 16 clash with Manchester City at home on Wednesday (30 October).

“The only other one missing out, which is a bit of a disappointment, is Wilson, who has had a setback during the week and it seems like it is a serious one so we’re just waiting for more information”, he said in his press conference, as quoted by football.london (29 October).

Providing further details on the setback, Postecoglou said that Odobert’s latest injury is different to the one that sidelined him for a month, although it is in the same area.

“Not exactly the same [injury], but the same area”, he added.

Wilson Odobert having nightmare start to spell at Tottenham

Odobert joined Tottenham for £25million in the summer (BBC) after scoring and assisting three goals each for Burnley in the Premier League last season.

The 19-year-old moved to North London with high hopes but has had a nightmarish start to his time at the club so far.

Odobert was named in the Spurs’ starting XI to face Everton in the league just over a week after his arrival and kept his place for the trip to Newcastle.

However, the France Under-23 international picked up a hamstring injury just 18 minutes into his following start, which came in the team’s 2-1 EFL Cup win over Coventry City on 18 September.

After putting in a significant amount of effort to resume playing and returning to action against AZ Alkmaar, he now faces another spell on the sidelines.

It remains to be seen how serious his latest injury is and how long it will take for him to resume training with the squad.

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