Football
Pedro Porro set for key Tottenham role in Europa League final after Dejan Kulusevski injury nightmare
It is a cruel quirk that during the worst of Tottenham’s mid-winter injury crisis, when Ange Postecoglou could barely string together an XI of senior players, their midfield options remained relatively healthy.
James Maddison missed five games from late January with a calf problem and Rodrigo Bentancur’s eight-game domestic suspension was disruptive, but Yves Bissouma, Pape Matar Sarr, Lucas Bergvall and Dejan Kulusevski all avoided serious injuries, as Spurs’ defenders and attackers dropped like flies.
