Tottenham's injury crisis has worsened after Ben Davies suffered a training setback to leave Ange Postecoglou without a fit centre-back for the visit of Wolves on Sunday.
Tottenham were already without Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven and Davies for Thursday's game 1-0 defeat to Nottingham ForestBut then things got worse when Radu Dragosin limped off with an ankle problem.
Speaking about the need to get into the January transfer market to alleviate some of the team's long-running issues, with up to nine players out injured and Jed Spence now suspended after being sent off against Forest, Postecoglou said: “We are walking a fine line.” .
“There have always been problems at different times but not to this extent. I think we've had about 10 players in the first team unavailable for a significant number of matches. It's definitely a first for me. We're in a difficult situation.” Spot and we were for a while.
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“We've been going through it for a long time and are keeping our fingers crossed and haven't had any further problems.
“(The transfer policy) can be disciplined, but we need a clear picture of where we are. There is a need to strengthen if we can, it is not an easy time to do it in this window.”
“The club is working hard behind the scenes to help the players we have, who are giving everything they can in every game to try and get us through.
Tottenham have up to nine first-team players unavailable for Sunday's clash with Wolves
“We need to help some of these guys, because there are at least two or three that are feeling long-term injuries, so we'll be short there. Others are coming back and need time to adjust. We're working hard to try to get reinforcements.”
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Asked if Yves Bissouma – Who finished the match against Forest in the centre-back position – He added: “Yves has never played there before, so I'm not sure why I'm putting him there. We'll see.”
Guglielmo Vicario, Van de Ven, Romero, Davies, Spence, Mickey Moore, Wilson Odubert and Richarlison have been confirmed absent from Sunday's Premier League match.
