Tottenham Hotspur winger Lucas Moura has picked up an injury.
Tottenham Hotspur take on Chelsea in the first round of their League Cup semi-final with Chelsea on Tuesday night, but they will have to do it without Lucas Moura.
Spurs beat Tranmere Rovers 7-0 on Friday night, booking their place in the Fourth Round of the competition before they turn their attentions to the League Cup.
Sours rested a number of players for the game in preparation for Tuesday’s clash, but they did choose to give Lucas Moura a chance against Tranmere.
The Brazilian has been in and out of the side with Son Heung-min starring in the Premier League, but Mauricio Pochettino handed him a start against League Two opposition to get him firing again.
Spurs need the former Paris Saint-Germain ace to be ready, as he is being touted as the man to come in for Son when he goes away to the Asian Cup with South Korea.
The problem now is that Moura picked up an injury on Friday night, and will now miss the Chelsea game as well as being a doubt for the weekend clash with Manchester United.
Spurs fans have taken to Twitter to react to his injury, suggesting that it’s ‘classic Spurs’ to have Moura go down with an injury just as he’s being prepared to feature in the first team.
Others called for signings this month as Spurs are running out of players, but whether Pochettino will get any new faces or not remains to be seen…
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