{"id":216837,"date":"2025-09-11T00:24:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T00:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/216837\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T00:24:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T00:24:22","slug":"tottenham-hotspur-handed-major-injury-boost-ahead-of-west-ham-united-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/216837\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham Hotspur handed major injury boost ahead of West Ham United clash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Positive news has arrived for Spurs and Thomas Frank ahead of their Premier League trip to West Ham this weekend. Cristian Romero has provided a crucial boost by returning early from international duty, giving the captain valuable preparation time.<\/p>\n

Romero was expected to be one of several players flying back late from South America, but a yellow card in Argentina\u2019s World Cup qualifying win over Venezuela means he is suspended for their next match against Ecuador. This suspension has worked in Spurs\u2019 favour, with Romero returning to North London over the weekend.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Photo: IMAGO<\/p>\n

Footage posted by Spurs on Monday showed him back in training, giving him a full week alongside his team-mates before the crucial London derby.<\/p>\n

Dragusin Steps Up Recovery<\/p>\n

There was further encouragement for Spurs supporters as Radu Dragusin joined first-team training. The 23-year-old defender has been sidelined since February with an ACL injury but has steadily progressed in his rehabilitation.<\/p>\n

\"\"Photo: IMAGO<\/p>\n

Thomas Frank offered a measured update before the international break, saying: \u201cOf course it is an ACL. I\u2019m always a little bit more, not worried but just aware that it takes time. When you\u2019ve been out of football for nine months, you know, you need to get in. It\u2019s not enough to have a six-week pre-season. You need to take a little bit more time, but it\u2019s positive and and some surprise and come back quicker, of course.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nSpurs Building Momentum<\/p>\n

Although Dragusin has been left out of the Champions League squad for the group stage, his presence in training is a lift for the squad. His gradual return, coupled with Romero\u2019s early comeback, gives Spurs a psychological edge as they look to build momentum in the league.<\/p>\n

This double boost could not come at a better time for Frank, who will be keen to see his side maintain their strong start to the season and tighten their grip near the top of the table.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Positive news has arrived for Spurs and Thomas Frank ahead of their Premier League trip to West Ham…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":216838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[1322,221,62,7199,118378,118379,118380,118381,118382,118383,118384,103087,118385,118386,118387,118388,118389,118390,107429,100893,118391,118392,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-216837","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-featured","9":"tag-soccer","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-spurs","12":"tag-spurs-acl-injury","13":"tag-spurs-boost-news","14":"tag-spurs-captain-return","15":"tag-spurs-champions-league-squad","16":"tag-spurs-cristian-romero","17":"tag-spurs-defender-recovery","18":"tag-spurs-injury-boost","19":"tag-spurs-injury-news","20":"tag-spurs-london-derby","21":"tag-spurs-player-update","22":"tag-spurs-premier-league-fixtures","23":"tag-spurs-radu-dragusin","24":"tag-spurs-recovery-progress","25":"tag-spurs-squad-fitness","26":"tag-spurs-team-news","27":"tag-spurs-thomas-frank","28":"tag-spurs-training-update","29":"tag-spurs-west-ham-clash","30":"tag-united-states","31":"tag-unitedstates","32":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}