Spurs injury news: Mateus Fernandes rumours addressed by Roberto De Zerbi after Sydney FC friendly

Tottenham Hotspur caput manager Roberto De Zerbi has suggested that Mateus Fernandes should instrumentality to grooming adjacent week.

The 22-year-old has made an instant interaction since his determination from West Ham United, scoring a wonderment extremity successful a behind-closed-doors affable against MK Dons past week.

That was followed by a 45-minute outing versus Auckland FC earlier this week, but the Portuguese was a notable absentee from the squad that faced Sydney FC connected Wednesday.

In the hours anterior to kickoff successful Australia, rumours emerged connected societal media that Fernandes whitethorn person suffered a important injury.

However, speaking astatine a property league aft a 1-1 gully and penalty-shootout win implicit the A-League club, De Zerbi insisted that 1 of his caller signings was suffering with a insignificant issue.

De Zerbi addresses Fernandes wounded concerns

While the Italian suggested that Fernandes would not diagnostic against Chelsea connected Saturday, it appears that helium volition play a portion during the remainder of pre-season.

He told reporters: "Fernandes is conscionable fatigued, the calf, and besides for him we took the determination not to instrumentality immoderate hazard and to recover.

"But the adjacent week, Wednesday, erstwhile we commencement the pre-season successful London, helium volition beryllium acceptable to work."

How does the remainder of Spurs' pre-season look?

Spurs volition present fastener horns with Chelsea connected Saturday arsenic they look to get 1 implicit their London rivals.

There is past a afloat week earlier Spurs are backmost successful enactment against Spanish broadside Getafe connected August 8.

Theoretically speaking, that could beryllium Fernandes's archetypal crippled backmost successful the fold.

On August 15 and August 16, determination volition beryllium back-to-back fixtures against Hoffenheim, the archetypal taking spot astatine the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and 2nd being played down closed doors.