Tottenham injury update: Pedro Porro, Destiny Udogie, Dejan Kulusevski latest news and potential return dates

Tottenham’s winless - and goalless - run continued over the weekend with two more stars missing out through injury.

Full-backs Pedro Porro and Destiny Udogie missed out due to a mixture of fitness niggles and load management. It remains to be seen how long both will be sidelined.

But, in positive news, James Maddison was able to return from injury ahead of Tuesday’s Carabao Cup fourth round tie at Liverpool.

Here is all the latest Tottenham injury news and potential return dates...

Pedro Porro

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Pedro Porro

Pedro Porro missed the visit of Everton due to a “small muscular problem”, with Spurs boss Roberto De Zerbi unwilling to take any risk with his players’ fitness.

“Pedro Porro felt a small muscular problem, we have to see tomorrow if he’s available or not but in this moment I don’t want to take any risks. The same (with) Udogie,” the Spurs head coach said.

De Zerbi added that Porro’s run to the World Cup final with Spain, which La Roja won, means the right-back fitness will continue to be managed during the early stage of the season.

He said:“Pedro played a World Cup, a long World Cup and we already knew after the World Cup it could be a difficult management for him.”

Potential return date: Tuesday, September 15 vs Liverpool (A)

Destiny Udogie

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Destiny Udogie

It is a similar story for Destiny Udogie, who did not go to the World Cup but his plethora of fitness woes means he will also be managed carefully by Spurs’ coaching staff.

De Zerbi said on Friday: “For Udogie, last season (he) suffered many injuries, he played 60 minutes in Nottingham and we have to manage also Destiny in the best way we can.”

Potential return date: Tuesday, September 15 vs Liverpool (A)

Mykhailo Mudryk

De Zerbi lamented the injury as “stupid”, owing to the innocuous nature of the incident, which is set to keep Mudryk out until after the international break.

“It was a stupid injury of Mudryk, and we hope he can be back as soon as possible. For him and for us, for him because he suffered too much and for us because we lost one player, an important player.

“He played 20 minutes, 15 minutes in Nottingham, he played well, but it's the normal process when one player doesn't play for a long time.”

Potential return date: Monday, October 19 vs Coventry (H)

Mykhailo Mudryk

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Dejan Kulusevski

“No, Kulusevski is not working with us in the last week,” De Zerbi said in a new update on Friday. “Not a big problem, a normal problem when one player is out for a long time.”

Potential return date: Unknown

Xavi Simons

Xavi Simons is another to have suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury, having been ruled out since April.

It was initially hoped that the Dutch star could return to action in January, but De Zerbi has since put the player’s return date as late as March or April.

Asked for an update recently, the Spurs manager said: ”Xavi Simons... before March, April, he's not ready.”

Potential return date: April 2027

Wilson Odobert

Wilson Odobert tore his ACL in January, so will hope to return to action before Simons.

Spurs fans initially hoped to see the French winger back before the end of the year, but De Zerbi said: “Odobert is injured for a long time. Before February, March, he is not available.”