De Zerbi reveals fresh Tottenham injury boost for Aston Villa game

De Zerbi reveals fresh Tottenham injury boost for Aston Villa game

Tottenham boss Roberto De Zerbi has issued a positive update on Pape Sarr, saying he will be available for the league game against Aston Villa.

Tottenham have been without the Senegalese midfielder since De Zerbi’s first game in charge against Sunderland, which Spurs lost 1-0.

Sarr played almost half an hour from the bench, but had been dealing with a shoulder issue for a while and it has kept him out since.

Asked ahead of the Villa game if Sarr was fit, the Italian said: “Today was his first day with the group, but he worked very well. He’s available, yes. I have not decided yet if he will be in the starting 11.”

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Spurs have had a mixed start under De Zerbi, winning one, losing one and drawing one. But the 1-0 win against Wolves last week was the first Premier League victory for the club since December 28.

While the 46-year-old would no doubt be happy to get points on the table, he has felt he has needed to compromise his playing style: “Of course. The compromise is we can’t work too much, we can’t give them too much information, too many instructions, because at the beginning when you have too many instructions you lose the speed.

“But I think they are smart and they can understand early, quickly, and they need instructions, they need a fixed plan, a clear plan, a way to play.