Ahead of their biggest match of the season, the only game that can possibly redeem their disaster class of a campaign, Tottenham Hotspur got plenty of additional bad news on the injury front. Pape Sarr is now a doubt for Wednesday night against Manchester United, due to the back injury he suffered in the loss to Aston Villa Friday night. Timo Werner (hamstring) and Lucas Bergvall (ankle) are now added to that growing list of Spurs players who are done for the remainder of the term.
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Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur
Kickoff: Wed May 21, 9pm, Estadio San Mames, Bilbao, Spain, CBS Sports Network
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Fun Fact: Beating a team four times, in three different competitions, is indeed very rarified air, but Tottenham would accomplish that feat on United with a win here.
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Pape Sarr is a big one, they need him, and will obviously hope for the best here. Werner scored only once in 27 appearances this season, so he’s been a big time flop, to say the least. He may not be back next season.
Also recently shut down for the remainder of the term are James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski (both with knee injuries).
Radu Dragusin was placed on the shelf awhile back, with an injury to the same body part.
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