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Tottenham boss De Zerbi gives injury update on Solanke and Simons after Wolves win

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Published 1 month ago

Tottenham Hotspur will assess the fitness of ⁠Dominic Solanke and Xavi Simons after both were forced off in ‌Saturday’s 1-0 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers, a ‌blow for manager Roberto De Zerbi ‌as his side battle relegation.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/solanke-dominic/OrADwZse/"]Solanke[/a] was ‌substituted in the 40th minute with ‌a muscular problem, while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/simons-xavi/noo0L9zk/"]Simons[/a] was replaced in the 63rd minute after suffering ‌a knee issue.[/p][p]Despite the setbacks, ⁠the 82nd-minute ‌winner from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/palhinha-joao/vFArGMai/"]Joao Palhinha[/a] secured [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tottenham/UDg08Ohm/"]Tottenham[/a]’s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/tottenham-UDg08Ohm/wolves-j3Azpf5d/?mid=bHZgKFgA"]first ​league victory in 16 matches[/a] at Molineux. Spurs remained 18th ​in the standings with 34 points from 34 games, two points from ⁠safety.[/p][p][b]"Solanke has ​a muscular injury. I don't know what level of injury, and for Xavi it's a problem of the ‌knee, and we're going to see in the next days, Monday or Tuesday,"[/b] De Zerbi told reporters.[/p][embed guid="8d9c96a3-73d0-4054-ae89-71533b5cd0a6" url="https://x.com/SpursOfficial/status/2048101434038571396" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"For Solanke, it's not a big problem. I don't know how many games we lose him, but I would like to know the real situation ‌of Xavi, because the knee is ​always different than the muscular injury."[/b][/p][p]Tottenham, ‌who are facing the prospect of their first relegation from top-flight football since 1977, have four games remaining and next travel to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/aston-villa/W00wmLO0/"]Aston ⁠Villa[/a] on ⁠Sunday.[/p]

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