The latest Tottenham injury news brings one big boost and two blows. Roberto De Zerbi’s Sunday press conference added two more names to the injury list ahead of Monday night’s visit of Coventry City. However, the headline is the one Spurs fans have waited almost 18 months to read: Dejan Kulusevski will be in the matchday squad at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Kulusevski’s long road back from injury
This Tottenham injury news ends a very long wait. The Sweden international has been out with a knee injury since May 2025. His last involvement was against Crystal Palace on 11 May 2025, according to the club. His comeback has been building quietly for weeks. There was an 11-a-side training match at Hotspur Way during the international break, and a seat with the travelling party at Old Trafford last weekend. On Sunday morning De Zerbi confirmed the final step. “Yes, Kulusevski on the bench,” the head coach said. “We had a meeting with the medical staff, they gave the okay and it’s great news.” He added that it is one of the best pieces of news since the Everton game last season, “because Deki, he suffered too much. He deserves to feel emotion on the pitch.” Kulusevski will start on the bench against Coventry, but after almost 18 months, simply being in the squad is a moment.
Tottenham injury news: Savio and Bergvall blows
The joy came with a cost. Savio felt a muscular problem on Tuesday, before the squad left for their training camp in Marbella. De Zerbi was blunt about the prognosis: “We lost him for some weeks.” Asked for a timeline, he added: “I don’t know, but some weeks for sure.” Lucas Bergvall’s issue dates back to last weekend’s 1-1 draw at Manchester United. He felt pain in his knee early in the game, in the very move that created a chance for Dominic Solanke, but he finished the match. “I think two weeks,” De Zerbi said, according to the club. Pedro Porro, meanwhile, is still recovering from a hamstring injury. “I think he’s coming – maybe in Chelsea he can play,” De Zerbi said, pointing to next week’s derby at Stamford Bridge. Rodrigo Bentancur, meanwhile, begins his three-match suspension on Monday, and longer-term absentees Xavi Simons and Noni Odobert continue their ACL rehabilitation, with football.london also reporting Mykhailo Mudryk is expected to miss out. That is the other half of the Tottenham injury news.
Why Monday matters for Spurs
Context makes this Tottenham injury news matter even more. Spurs ground out a creditable 1-1 draw at Old Trafford despite finishing with ten men. Monday’s opponents are Frank Lampard’s newly-promoted Coventry, at home on Monday night, and De Zerbi’s side will expect to take all three points. A first squad place for Kulusevski gives the occasion an extra lift.
One further subplot is worth noting, strictly as it was reported. Richarlison, currently exiled from the first-team picture, appeared to aim a dig at De Zerbi on social media after former Everton interim boss Duncan Ferguson publicly criticised the Spurs coach’s handling of the Brazilian. Asked about it, De Zerbi was dismissive but careful: “It’s not my problem any more. You have to ask Vinai or Johan… I have not decided anything in this situation. If he wants to speak to me he can find me in my office until 8.30am until the evening. But I don’t want to speak any more because my focus is on the Coventry game.” For a club still chasing that first win, the manager’s priorities, at least, are not in doubt.
