Ange Postecoglou has admitted he is open to making ‘the right’ additions in the January transfer window to help his injury-hit squad.
Tottenham’s 6-3 defeat to Liverpool on Sunday leaves them 11th in the Premier League and on a run of just three wins in their last 11 matches across all competitions.
Of course, Tottenham‘s form has not been helped by a severe injury crisis, with the likes of Guglielmo Vicario, Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Destiny Udogie and Ben Davies leaving Postecoglou chronically short at the back.
Further forward, Richarlison, Wilson Odobert and Mikey Moore are also on the sidelines.
Ange Postecoglou open to January reinforcements
Speaking in his post-Liverpool press conference, Postecoglou has admitted he is looking for reinforcements in January, though his first preference is to receive them with players returning from injury.
“Yeah, absolutely. Some of them will be internal,” Postecoglou responded when asked about January additions (via Football.London).
“We’re at different stages of getting players back from injury. We’ve got a couple of long-term ones in Vicario and Wilson, but the rest hopefully at some point in January they’ll come back.
“That will help us in terms of just getting numbers back and dealing with the schedule, because the schedule is not going to change. We’re in the Carabao Cup semi-final, we’re still in Europe and the FA Cup starts. We’re still in all the competitions, so it’s not going to get any easier. We’re going to need some of those players hopefully to come back and contribute.”
Asked specifically about signing new players in January, he added: “Yeah, I guess if the right players are there. Again it’s about making sure it’s something that’s going to help us continue to build on what we’re doing.”
