{"id":4363,"date":"2026-04-10T10:42:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/?p=4363"},"modified":"2026-04-10T10:42:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:42:46","slug":"tottenham-injury-news-major-setback-for-roberto-de-zerbi-ahead-of-sunderland-as-premier-league-survival-hopes-take-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/?p=4363","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham injury news: Major setback for Roberto De Zerbi ahead of Sunderland as Premier League survival hopes take hit"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Mohammed Kudus has suffered a setback in his recovery from a quad injury ahead of Tottenham Hotspur’s game against Sunderland.<\/p>\n

The Londoners resume their Premier League<\/strong> campaign on Sunday, when they take on newly-promoted Sunderland, and the game will be crucial in their quest for survival.<\/p>\n

Boss\u00a0Roberto De Zerbi will be taking charge of his first match at Tottenham, and he will hope that the his team have benefitted from the fact they have not played a game since March 22.<\/p>\n

However, the Italian is still dealing with a number of injuries to key players, including to the likes of James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski.<\/p>\n

The club have also confirmed<\/a><\/em> that attacker Kudus has suffered a setback after returning to training in the past week, and he may now require surgery depending on a specialist’s review of his injury.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Imago \/ Action Plus<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

How many games will\u00a0Mohammed Kudus miss?<\/h2>\n

Tottenham only have seven more Premier League games left to play, and their final match is set to be played on May 24 against Everton.<\/p>\n

Should Kudus require surgical intervention, he would be ruled out for the rest of the season, and that would also put his participation at the World Cup in doubt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Even a minor setback could prove disastrous given Spurs play three of their final seven league fixtures before the end of the month.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Iconsport \/ Harvey Murphy\/News Images\/Alamy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

How will De Zerbi line up against Sunderland?<\/h2>\n

Dominic Solanke seems like a certain inclusion as a striker, while\u00a0Mathys Tel may be the only natural wide player available on the weekend<\/p>\n

Striker Richarlison could be used alongside Solanke, but trying to fit the Brazilian, Solanke and Tel in the same system could be problematic.<\/p>\n

De Zerbi has often used a 4-2-3-1 during his managerial career, though with the current options available to him, it may make sense to use a two-striker system on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Given Tottenham must prioritise survival above perfecting their playstyle, it could be in the manager’s best interests to adapt his preferred formation to suit the players in his squad.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mohammed Kudus has suffered a setback in his recovery from a quad injury ahead of Tottenham Hotspur’s game against Sunderland. The Londoners resume their Premier League campaign on Sunday, when they take on newly-promoted Sunderland, and the game will be crucial in their quest for survival. Boss\u00a0Roberto De Zerbi will be taking charge of his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}