Arsenal welcome Tottenham Hotspur to the Emirates next weekend.
According to a report from the Sun, Tottenham have suffered a real blow with news that Kieran Trippier is set to miss at least two weeks due to an ongoing groin problem.
The England international has been in fine form for Spurs this season, and the manner in which he gets up and down the right flank has become crucial to the way that the north London outfit play.
The 28-year-old joined Tottenham from Burnley in the summer of 2015, for a fee believed to be worth in the region of £3.5 million, and he has gone on to establish himself as one of Mauricio Pochettino’s most important players.
According to the Sun, though, Spurs will have to make do without Trippier for at least the next couple of weeks, meaning that he will most likely be unavailable for the north London derby against Arsenal in eight days time.
Pochettino does have Serge Aurier to call upon as a direct replacement for Trippier, but Arsenal will surely fancy their chances of beating Tottenham now, with the news that one of Poch’s key men will not be fit to play.
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